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Marshall's Lamberson signs with Drury
(11/18/09)Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson will continue her golf career in college next year at Drury University in Springfield. Lamberson (bottom row, center) signed an NCAA letter-of-intent last week with the Division II program. A four-time qualifier for the MSHSAA Championships, Lamberson medaled the last three years: 12th in the Class 2 meet in 2007, a tie for 7th in Class 1 as a junior and sharing third in the rain-shortened Class 1 event last month at Sedalia... 
MHS swimming: Owls claim six state medals
(11/16/09)ST. PETER'S -- Marshall seniors Khris Ward and Eden Elfrink put an exclamation point at the end of their prep swimming careers Saturday at the MSHSAA Championships in the St. Peter's Rec-Plex. Ward walked away with his first medal in an individual event, while Elfrink finally got one as part of the Owls' relay teams. Two school records also fell as Marshall tallied 54 points to finish 15th in the state meet, amidst a line-up of much larger schools... 
MHS swimming: Owls win six races in KC
(11/10/09)KANSAS CITY -- The Marshall boys' swim team tuned up for the state meet last week with six wins in the Tom Horn Invitational at Kansas City. That was an impressive tally, considering the Owls only entered eight of the 11 events -- and mainly with their top four. Therefore, Marshall lacked the depth to place higher than third among the six schools with 95 points, behind Rockhurst (216 points) -- which won all the races the Owls didn't enter -- and Smith-Cotton (116)... 
MHS cross country: Wells sixth at state
(11/09/09)JEFFERSON CITY -- An unseasonable hot day filled the medical tent Saturday at the MSHSAA Cross Country Championships in Jefferson City, but all eight Marshall runners made it through the meet. None came through it better than junior Katie Wells, a two-time District 7 champion who was sixth among Class 3 girls. Wells medaled by finishing 23rd a year ago, but improved her time on the Oak Hills Golf Center course by nearly a minute with a 20:33... 
MHS soccer: Moberly's hex on Owls continues
(11/04/09)The Magic City must cast a voodoo spell over the Marshall boys' soccer team. The high-scoring Owls have been shut out only three times this season, all by Moberly -- which won the fourth and final meeting, all decided by one goal, with a 1-0 decision Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly... 
MHS swimming: Nichols wins, sets new MHS record
(11/03/09)SPRINGFIELD -- The Marshall boys' swim team had a line-up geared to add state qualifiers more than tally team points Saturday at the Springfield Invitational. That's why, for the first time this season, the Owls' three all-staters were all entered in the same individual events -- not just once, but twice. To some degree it worked, too, as senior Khris Ward (57.02 seconds) and junior Brock Musick (57.83) added the 100-yard butterfly to their state event list... 
MHS cross country: Lady Owls going to state meet
(11/02/09)MOBERLY -- The Marshall girls' cross country team is going to state for only the second time in the program's 43-year history. Junior Katie Wells claimed her third gold medal of the season Saturday while winning the Class 3, District 5 Championships at Moberly, leading the Lady Owls to second place as a unit. That allowed Marshall to go as a team to the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships for the first time since 1994...
MHS soccer: Owls move on to semifinal round
(11/02/09) BOONVILLE -- Kirksville held the high-scoring Marshall boys' soccer team in check for a while, but couldn't prevent the Owls from taking a 2-0 decision in the first round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament. The artificial surface at Boonville, to where Saturday's matches were moved due to wet conditions at Moberly, didn't appear to help the Birds -- who went in averaging 4.36 goals per match. Marshall had only a 2-1 advantage over the Tigers (10-14) in shots on goal during the first half... 
MHS football: Jacobs runs wild in Owls' finale
(11/02/09)It was only fitting that Marshall football fans' final memory of senior Matt Jacobs was a breakaway 57-yard dash to the end zone. Jacobs closed his career Friday with a career-high 341 rushing yards and four touchdowns during the Owls' 33-15 victory over NCMC and Class 4, District 8 foe Kirksville. For Marshall's 16 upperclassmen, it may have taken some of the sting out of a third straight losing season... 
MHS soccer: Owls capture first NCMC title
(10/30/09)It took 14 years, but the Marshall boys' soccer program claimed its first NCMC championship Thursday with a 4-0 home win over Hannibal. The only blemish on that accomplishment is that the Owls will have to share the crown with Moberly -- which won three one-point matches against them, two in league play. Marshall had previously finished as high as second place, going 6-1 in 2002, as Rock Bridge claimed the title -- which it had every year from 1995 to its withdrawal from the league after 2003...
MHS football: Owls close out season at home
(10/30/09) Last week was a strange one for the Marshall football team. For the first time in his 10 years at the helm, head coach Paul Thomas wasn't around, having been hospitalized Monday with heart trouble. "That's the first football game and practices I've missed in 25 years of coaching," said Thomas, who is back in action this week. "It was tough sitting there and listening on the radio."... 
MHS volleyball: Lady Owls eliminated by Grain Valley
(10/29/09)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- It ended Wednesday for the seven seniors on the Marshall volleyball team. The Lady Owls lost for the third time this season, in the closest match of the three, in the semifinal round of the Class 3, District 15 Tournament at Excelsior Springs, 25-22, 26-24... 
MHS soccer: Moberly again nips Owls
(10/28/09)The Moberly and Marshall boys' soccer teams added another chapter to their historic rivalry Tuesday. Actually, it was more an addendum to the previous two editions of the current season, which also saw the Spartans claim one-goal victories -- this one a double-overtime 1-0 decision on the Owls' pitch... 
Marshall cross country: Wells wins Richmond meet
(10/27/09)RICHMOND -- Marshall junior Katie Wells won her third gold medal of the cross country season Thursday at the Richmond Invitational. Wells covered the course in 21:04 for a six-second victory over junior Asabe O'Neill of Notre Dame de Sion in Kansas City. The Storm had two full squads entered and took the top two spots in the team standings with 60 and 64 points, while the Lady Owls (130 points) placed fourth... 
MHS volleyball: Lady Owls survive first-round test
(10/27/09)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- It didn't come as easily as its last meeting against Chillicothe, but the Marshall volleyball team came from behind Monday for a 26-28, 25-19, 25-16 victory in the first round of the Class 3, District 15 Tournament at Excelsior Springs... 
MHS football: Hannibal ends Owls' playoff hopes
(10/26/09)HANNIBAL -- Hannibal proved the football adage that defense wins championships. The ninth-ranked Pirates completed its sweep of the NCMC with its fifth straight shutout Friday, also securing a spot in the post-season with a 28-0 Class 4, District 8 victory over visiting Marshall... 
MHS tennis: Lady Owls' duo 1-2 at state
(10/26/09)SPRINGFIELD -- Senior Virginia Hutcherson and sophomore Haley Evans got off to a better start during their second trip together to the MSHSAA Class 1 Girls' Tennis Individual Championships than they did a year ago. Ultimately, though, the Marshall doubles team came up shy of a state medal Friday at Springfield...
MHS grid coach briefly hospitalized
(10/22/09) Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas is back home after spending two days in the hospital for corrective cardiac procedures. According to his wife, Kim, Thomas wasn't feeling well Monday and went to see his physician, Dr. Jack Uhrig. Thomas was sent to Boone Medical Center in Columbia due to an elevated blood pressure and placed in the intensive care unit for one night after undergoing treatment. He was released Wednesday and is resting at home, reportedly feeling much better... 
MHS swimming: Owls win five events at Sedalia meet
(10/21/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' swim team began the Joe Arbisi Tiger Invitational at Sedalia by breaking the meet record, the first of its five victories Saturday. With only eight swimmers, the Owls didn't have the depth to finish higher than third in the team standings with 192 points -- behind host Smith-Cotton (294 points) and North Kansas City (216) -- but claimed the most blue ribbons... 
2009 All-NCMC Softball
(10/21/09)Junior catcher Emily Aldredge (above) was named to the all-NCMC softball team for the first time, Marshall's only selection. 
MHS golf: State meet ends with Lamberson third
(10/21/09)SEDALIA -- Marshall senior golfer Morgan Lamberson didn't get a second chance. Tied for third place after the first round of the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships at Sedalia, Lamberson never got to the tee Tuesday before officials called off the second stage due to persistent rain...
MHS soccer: Marshall 1, Fulton 0
(10/20/09) FULTON -- The Marshall and Fulton boys' soccer teams again battled down to the wire Monday, and even past it, before the Owls emerged with a 1-0 overtime decision. Marshall had nipped the previous meeting between NCMC rivals earlier this season, 2-1, but this time neither team could break through on the Hornets' pitch until the 85th minute... 
MHS cross country: Owls win six all-NCMC medals
(10/20/09)KIRKSVILLE -- Six Marshall cross country runners took home medals and five others claimed personal records Saturday during the NCMC Championships at Kirksville. Junior Nick Jenkins (17:53) finished in the money for the eighth straight meet, coming in fifth as the Owls took second place in the boys' division with 64 points. Senior Patrick Todd (18:37) was ninth and senior Keeper Kays (18:50) took 31 seconds off his top time while coming in 13th... 
MHS golf: Lamberson three strokes from leader at state
(10/20/09)SEDALIA -- Morgan Lamberson is in good position for her third state girls' golf medal. Now the Marshall senior is in the hunt for the title at the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships in Sedalia. Lamberson shot a nine-over-par 81 Monday in windy conditions on the familiar Sedalia Country Club course, putting her in a tie for third place with senior Kristin Kilpatrick of Westminster Christian in St. Louis -- three strokes behind the leader...
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls stopped at sectional
(10/19/09) BLUE SPRINGS -- The Marshall girls' tennis team ran into a powerhouse from St. Joseph during the MSHSAA Class 1 Sectional meet Saturday at Blue Springs. For the second year in a row, Bishop LeBlond knocked the Lady Owls out of the playoffs in the first round, 6-0. ... 
MHS football: Owls put up fight against No. 2 Helias
(10/19/09)The Marshall football team proved Friday that when it was emotionally wired to play, it could compete with the top teams in the state. The Owls never let second-ranked Helias get on a roll during a 21-6 Homecoming loss to begin the Class 4, District 8 campaign. If Marshall had capitalized on a couple of more opportunities, the Crusaders may have left town with their first loss of the season...
Prep Net Round-up: Lady Owls get tough win at Mexico
(10/16/09) MEXICO -- The short-handed Marshall volleyball team had difficult getting in sync Thursday, but still pulled out a 25-22, 18-25, 25-19 NCMC decision at Mexico. The Lady Owls (11-11-1, 4-5 NCMC) were playing without senior middle Morgan Ryther, suffering from an illness which kept her out of this match and will likely also sideline her for the Versailles Tournament on Saturday... 
MHS football: Owls welcome No. 2 Helias for Homecoming
(10/16/09)This is the time when the hard work, and a difficult pre-conference schedule, needs to pay off for the Marshall football team. The start of the Class 4, District 8 campaign brings second-ranked Helias to town as a Homecoming guest. "I think we've faced teams just like Helias, really good teams," remarked Owls head coach Paul Thomas. "It's a new season."...
MHS Round-up: Lamberson breezes to conference title
(10/16/09) MHS Round-up Lamberson breezes to conference title KIRKSVILLE -- It didn't take Morgan Lamberson's best round of golf Tuesday to retain her hold on the NCMC Tournament championship. The Marshall senior recovered from a seven-over-par 43 on the front line with two birdies coming in for an 82 to easily defend her title. ... 
MHS tennis: Lady Owls move on to sectional
(10/16/09)After two days of weather delays, the Marshall girls' tennis team finally got on the court for its MSHSAA Class 1 Regional match against visiting Warrensburg -- and escaped before more rain fell Thursday with a 5-1 victory. The win sent the Lady Owls to the sectional tournament Saturday, hosted by first-time District 7 champion Grain Valley... 
MHS Round-up: Lamberson breezes to conference title
(10/14/09)KIRKSVILLE -- It didn't take Morgan Lamberson's best round of golf Tuesday to retain her hold on the NCMC Tournament championship. The Marshall senior recovered from a seven-over-par 43 on the front line with two birdies coming in for an 82 to easily defend her title. Although Lamberson's 11-over-par score on the Kirksville Country Club course -- albeit in wet, chilly conditions -- was her highest of the season, she still beat second-place Kirksville junior Toni Browning by 16 strokes... 
MHS swimming: Owls get two more state times
(10/13/09)The host Owls won five of eight individual events and two relays Friday during the Marshall Invitational boys' swim meet at the Salt Fork YMCA. In the process, sophomore Tyler Nichols and junior Brock Musick notched state qualifying times -- Nichols with a personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.40) and Musick with his top performance in the 100 freestyle (50.42 seconds), both finishing first...
MHS cross country: Lady Owls win Clinton meet
(10/13/09) CLINTON -- All 11 varsity entries from the Marshall boys' and girls' cross country teams medaled Saturday at the Clinton Invitational. The meet was mostly comprised of small school competition, with team points assigned accordingly, so the Lady Owls -- with the only full squad entered -- won the title with the minimum of 15 points... 
Lady Owls finish second in district
(10/12/09)The streak remains alive for the Marshall girls' tennis program. Although the Lady Owls didn't win Saturday's Class 1, District 7 Tournament at Marshall, they extended their state record of 23 straight appearances in the MSHSAA playoffs. By winning four of five head-to-head matches over the Birds, Grain Valley took the title by a margin of 28 to 26 points to reach the post-season for the first time and receive the opportunity to host the sectional tournament this weekend... 
Owls split two for second in home tourney
(10/12/09)The difference between a first-year rural boys' program and that of an established metro large school was demonstrated by the Marshall boys' soccer team Saturday. The Owls manhandled the School of the Osage for a 10-0 victory in the first round of the Marshall Tournament, but then fell short by a 3-1 margin in the championship match against Truman of Independence...
Scoreboard for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 9-10
(10/12/09) Area high school non-football scores for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 9-10 
MHS cross county: Four Owls medal at Excelsior Springs
(10/09/09)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- There was only one girl on the course Tuesday that Katie Wells couldn't catch. The all-state Marshall senior knocked 44 seconds off her previous time on the circuit at the Excelsior Springs Invitational cross country meet, but Wells' 20:12 still left her trailing senior Taylor Woodruff (19:54) of St. Joseph-Benton by 18 seconds in second place...
MHS volleyball: No. 4 Helias sweeps Lady Owls
(10/09/09) For a Marshall volleyball team trying to recover from the flu, unbeaten Helias was the wrong opponent to face. But play the 4th ranked Class 4 team in the state the still-shorthanded Lady Owls did Thursday, suffering a 25-10, 25-13 non-conference home loss to the Lady Crusaders (24-0)... 
Owls looking for third straight win
(10/09/09)After being on the wrong end of a streak, the Marshall football team would like to get a positive one going. The Owls have shown substantial progress, especially on defense, during back-to-back NCMC victories the past two weeks. They have given up only three touchdowns, after allowing an average of 26.8 points during the first four games...
Marshall tennis: Rock Bridge 9, Marshall 0
(10/08/09) The Marshall girls' tennis team closed out the regular season Wednesday with a 9-0 non-conference home loss to mid-Missouri Class 2 power Rock Bridge. The Lady Bruins (23-0) had their largest margins of victories in the lower part of the line-up. The Lady Owls had a couple of close contests earlier, senior Virginia Hutcherson losing 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and sophomore Skylar Simpson dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision at No. 4... 
Lady Owls blanked in season finale
(10/08/09)CLINTON -- Kelsey Hilbrenner didn't throw another no-hitter at the Marshall softball team, but she was still dominating Wednesday. The Odessa senior fired a three-hit shutout, striking out 11, during the Lady Bulldogs' 10-0, five-inning victory in the first round of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament at Clinton -- ending the Lady Owls' season... 
MHS Round-up: Lamberson, Ehrhardt headed to state
(10/07/09)For Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson, a trip to the MSHSAA Class 1 Girls' Golf Championships may be old hat, but not for sophomore teammate Payton Ehrhardt. Lamberson and Ehrhardt were the Lady Owls who qualified for the state meet, Oct. 18-19 at Sedalia Country Club, during Tuesday's District 4 Tournament at Marshall...
MHS girls tennis: Lady Owls win on Senior Night
(10/06/09) The Marshall girls' tennis team avenged its only loss of the season Monday with a 5-4 non-conference decision over Grain Valley on Senior Night. Senior Virginia Hutcherson and sophomore Haley Evans opened the match with 10-0 victories, but the Lady Eagles won three of the remaining four singles tilts -- the exception being a come-from-behind 11-10 (7-2) victory by sophomore Allea Summers at No. 5...
MHS boys swimming: Owls fifth at Raytown meet
(10/06/09) RAYTOWN -- Even missing one of its all-state relay members, the Marshall boys' swim team placed fifth out of 16 schools Friday in the Eubank Invitational at Raytown. Junior Brock Musick was out of action, but junior Quaid Hayob filled in on the relays -- joining sophomore Tyler Nichols and seniors Khris Ward and Eden Elfrink -- to finish third in the 200-yard medley (1:50.88) and fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:38.96)... 
MHS softball: Lady Owls drop final two home games
(10/06/09)They may otherwise have fond memories, but Senior Night was one Marshall softball upperclassmen would probably prefer to forget. The Lady Owls' final home date featured two big losses, a 12-1 non-conference tilt against Oak Grove followed by a 10-4 NCMC defeat at the hands of Moberly... 
Lady Owls second in NCMC tourney
(10/05/09)FULTON -- The Marshall girls' tennis team placed six entries into the finals Saturday to finish second to Kirksville in the NCMC Tournament at Fulton. The Lady Tigers defended their title by winning all nine individual crowns, tallying the maximum of 63 points. The Lady Owls, which had six players competing in the meet for the first time, had 48 points... 
Owls eke out win over Fulton
(10/05/09)The Marshall defensive front will never be confused with Fordham's famous Seven Blocks of Granite, but it made a couple of stands which proved decisive in Friday's 14-13 NCMC win over visiting Fulton. Last year, the Hornets tied the game in the final minute of regulation play, and threatened to do it again this time around. ... 
MHS Round-up: Owls suffer first NCMC loss
(10/02/09)There's now a tie atop the NCMC boys' soccer standings. Marshall suffered its first loss of the season in league play on its home pitch Thursday, beaten 1-0 by Moberly -- which gave the Owls their only other blemish two weeks early in a 2-1 shoot-out for the Spartan Invitational championship... 
Owls look to avenge double-OT loss to Fulton
(10/02/09)Now that the Marshall football team has its first win of the season, it can look forward to bigger objectives -- like winning the NCMC title. The Owls will have their chance today against Fulton, the guests for the second annual Football in Pink contest -- part of a week-long breast cancer awareness program... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls get NCMC win
(09/29/09)The Marshall softball team avenged a one-run loss at Hannibal two weeks ago with a 3-2 NCMC home decision Monday over the Lady Pirates. The Lady Owls scored all of their runs in the first two innings. Junior Emily Aldredge singled and scored on junior Chelsey Anderson's single in the first and sophomore Allie Bockstetter singled, junior Nikki Cornine walked and both came in on Aldredge's double in the second...
Owls win Belton duals
(09/29/09) BELTON -- The Marshall boys' swimming team bested all four opponents last week at the Belton Quad Duals. The Owls won eight of 11 events Tuesday and qualified another entry to the MSHSAA Championships. The 400-yard relay (3:35.83) of seniors Khris Ward and Eden Elfrink, junior Brock Musick and sophomore Tyler Nichols had its best showing, taking first place by 11.9 seconds. It missed the state standard by only 3.54 seconds in its second meet as a unit... 
MSH football: Big plays propel Owls to first win
(09/28/09)MEXICO -- It wasn't the kind of complete performance desired, but the Marshall football team did enough things on both sides of the line of scrimmage to pick up its first win of the season. "We just had to get a win and get some confidence," remarked assistant coach Jon Stockman following the Owls' 27-6 NCMC victory Friday at Mexico -- which suffered its third straight loss by that score... 
MHS cross country: Wells breezes to victory in MHS meet
(09/28/09)It isn't merely talent, but her competitive drive which pushes Marshall junior cross country runner Katie Wells. That hate-to-lose attitude was evident Saturday during the Marshall Invitational. A year ago, Wells finished second in the meet to Warrensburg's Abby Ersland by 27 seconds and had revenge on her mind during the rematch... 
MHS football: At midway point, Owls still seeking first win
(09/25/09)Here they go again. For the second year in a row, the Marshall football team has opened the season with four straight losses. It was at that point a year ago that the Owls began to put things together and closed out by splitting six games. Had they been able to hold to a late lead against Class 4, District 8 rival Hannibal -- which scored with 15 seconds left to take a 20-18 decision at Marshall -- that would have been good enough to make the playoffs...
MHS Capsules
(09/25/09) The Marshall boys' soccer team took over the lead in the NCMC standings by handing visiting Kirksville its first league loss Thursday, 2-0. Both of the Owls' goals were scored in the first half by senior Alex Tapia, off a pass from senior Josh Toliver in the 11th minute and assisted by sophomore Erik Moreņo in the 17th. The Tigers (4-7, 3-1 NCMC) had four shots on goal, all handled by junior Jacob Phillips for his third shutout of the season...
MHS tennis: Lady Owls now 4-0 in NCMC
(09/25/09) The Marshall girls' tennis team got its first sweep of the season over an NCMC foe Wednesday with a 12-0 victory over visiting Mexico. While the Lady Owls had posted a 16-2 record in singles, the inexperienced down-order doubles teams were 4-5. Against the Lady Bulldogs (1-9, 0-5 NCMC), the seventh through 12th players in Marshall's line-up came through... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls beat district foe
(09/23/09)OAK GROVE -- It may have been a mid-season, non-conference match, but head coach Gentry Lark saw much more than that in the Marshall volleyball team's 25-20, 22-25, 25-18 victory at Oak Grove. "This is the game I have been waiting for," she declared. "We played like never before."... 
MHS cross country: Jenkins, Wells win races at Smith-Cotton Invitational
(09/22/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall cross country team took individual titles in three out of four divisions Saturday during the Smith-Cotton Invitational at Sedalia. Junior Nick Jenkins enjoyed his first-ever varsity championship, covering the 3.1-mile circuit in 17:30 to break his personal record by a minute, 18 seconds. He cut his time on the course by 1:41 to best the Tigers' Anthony Beck by seven seconds...
MHS swimming: Nichols makes state cut in two events
(09/22/09) Sophomore Tyler Nichols achieved state-qualifying time standards in two events over the weekend during the Park Hill Invitational at Kansas City. Nichols broke his personal records while winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.54) and placing second -- by .41 seconds to Smith-Cotton senior Ehan Sherman -- in the 50 free (22.94 seconds). The Owls were seventh in the 14-team meet, won by the host Trojans, with 99 points...
MHS volleyball: Hannibal 2, Marshall 0
(09/21/09) HANNIBAL -- Hannibal didn't make many mistakes upon which the visiting Marshall volleyball team could capitalize Saturday during an NCMC tilt. The Lady Pirates (4-4-2, 2-0 NCMC) had none of their shots blocked and gave up only three aces during a 25-21, 25-17 victory...
MHS softball: Marshall 0-2 at NCC tourney
(09/21/09) TRENTON -- The Marshall softball team came up empty in its two pool games Saturday in the North Central College Tournament at Trenton Senior Kelsey Hilbrenner fired a no-hitter and knocked in three runs as Odessa beat the Lady Owls in five innings, 10-1. The Lady Bulldogs scored six runs in the top of the first inning -- getting RBI singles from Hilbrenner, freshman MacKenzie Sousley and senior Alaina Harris -- and never looked back...
MHS soccer: Owls split shoot-outs for second place at Moberly
(09/21/09) MOBERLY -- It took a pair of shoot-outs Saturday to resolve the Marshall boys' soccer team's final two matches of the Spartan Invitational at Moberly. The Owls got past Missouri Military Academy of Mexico, 3-2, by making three of four penalty kicks after two scoreless overtime periods in the semifinal round. However, they suffered their first loss of the season to Moberly, 2-1, in the championship showdown by missing three of four attempts...
MHS tennis: Lady Owls third in home meet
(09/21/09) The Kirksville girls' tennis team claimed its third straight Marshall Tournament championship Saturday, and didn't have to beat the Lady Owls to do it. Instead, the Lady Tigers beat Grain Valley, 6-3, in the finals, after the Lady Eagles defeated Marshall for the first time in their program's history with a 7-2 decision in the second round of pool play... 
Owls drop NCMC debut to Boonville
(09/21/09)Just when the Marshall football team's defense finally showed up, its blocking disappeared Friday during a 17-6 home loss to Boonville to begin the NCMC campaign. The Owls allowed only 52 rushing yards and one touchdown on defense, trailing by only a point until the Pirates turned a pair of interceptions into 10 points during the final 2:25 of the game...
MHS volleyball: Grain Valley 2, Marshall 0
(09/16/09) The Marshall volleyball team took a hit in the seeding for the Class 3, District 15 Tournament with Tuesday's 25-20, 25-20 non-conference loss to visiting Grain Valley. The Lady Eagles (4-0) only gave up three aces during the match. Junior Becca Keller led the Lady Owls with five kills, with senior Jordan Reith and junior Susan Skogsberg each adding four. Senior Kim Deutsch came up with 11 digs and senior Aubrie Plummer assisted 11 of Marshall's 16 attacks...
MHS softball: Hannibal 7, Marshall 6
(09/16/09) HANNIBAL -- It takes a few little things to go wrong to lose a one-run ball game, and the Marshall softball team experienced that Tuesday during a 7-6 NCMC loss at Hannibal. The Lady Owls committed six errors to allow five unearned runs to score and three times left the bases loaded, the last being in the top of the seventh when they got the tying run to third base with one out...
MHS soccer: Marshall 9, Boonville 0
(09/16/09) Senior Alex Tapia and junior Jon Najera appeared to be having their own little personal shoot-out Tuesday during the Marshall boys' soccer team's 9-0 home victory over NCMC foe Boonville. Tapia scored four goals, three during a first half in which the Owls blew out to a 6-0 lead, and Najera connected twice -- and set up Tapia's third goal of the opening period. In six matches, Tapia has scored 10 times and Najera nine... 
MHS cross country: Wells places fourth at UCM Mule Run
(09/16/09)WARRENSBURG -- Marshall junior Katie Wells knocked 38.83 off her course time Friday during the Mule Run at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Wells finished fourth in a field of 187 runners with a mark of 16:13.11 over the shorter-than-standard 2.48-mile circuit. Neosho junior Courtney Wood (15:04.56), ninth at last year's MSHSAA Class 4 Championships, won with over 20 seconds to spare. Blue Springs South placed five runners in the top 18 to take the team title...
MHS volleyball: Marshall 2, Smith-Cotton 1
(09/15/09) Senior Morgan Ryther's 10 kills led the Marshall volleyball team to a 19-25, 25-6, 25-17 non-conference home win Monday over Smith-Cotton. After recovering from eight dig errors in the first game, head coach Gentry Lark said the Lady Owls "played the way we are capable of playing" the next two sets...
MHS tennis: Girls prevail over Hannibal, Boonville
(09/15/09) Marshall 10, Hannibal 2 Marshall 10, Boonville 2 The Marshall girls' tennis team won a pair of NCMC home matches Monday, beating both Hannibal and Boonville by 10-2 margin. The Lady Owls won five of six singles matches against Hannibal -- seniors Virginia Hutcherson and Audra Taylor and sophomores Haley Evans, Amy Van and Skylar Simpson all having relatively comfortable victories. ... 
MHS soccer: Boys remain undefeated after win over St. Paul
(09/15/09)The Marshall boys' soccer team remained undefeated with a 4-1 non-conference win over St. Paul Lutheran of Concordia. The match was scoreless until junior Santiago Alarcon broke through with a long shot in the 34th minute. The Owls increased their lead in the 17th minute of the second half on a goal by junior Omar Farfan, but the Saints took only a few seconds to get that one back on senior Damon Beck's header...
MHS softball: Marshall 3, Mexico 0
(09/15/09) Junior Chelsey Anderson threw her first career shutout Monday as the Marshall softball team finally wound up on the right side of the scoreboard. Anderson allowed only four hits, struck out four batters and didn't issue any walks during the Lady Owls' 3-0 NCMC home win over Mexico...
MHS golf: Lamberson nails Sedalia meet
(09/15/09) SEDALIA -- Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson is hoping that Monday's Smith-Cotton Classic is a preview of good things to come. The two-time all-state golfer scored a one-over-par 73 to win the meet by two strokes over two Lee's Summit North players, senior McCall Christopher and junior Chloe Kittle. ...
Marshall volleyball: Marshall 1-3 at Chrisman Tournament
(09/14/09) INDEPENDENCE -- With five senior starters gone for most of the tournament due to the ACT test Saturday, the Marshall volleyball team was seriously short-handed for the William Chrisman Invitational. The Lady Owls won their opening match, 25-13, 25-10, over Ruskin of Kansas City, but found themselves in a pool with the two teams which would reach the finals -- losing to Truman, 25-14, 25-14, and Raymore-Peculiar, 25-7, 25-20...
Marshall tennis: Lady Owls win tourney at Trenton
(09/14/09) TRENTON -- An almost-perfect showing by the singles line-up Saturday led the Marshall girls' tennis team to the title of the Trenton Quad. The Lady Owls won 17 of 18 singles matches against three solid opponents, an absolute necessity for them in the top-12 format where they have to rely on inexperienced players in doubles -- who only took one of nine tilts... 
Smith-Cotton holds off Owls
(09/14/09)Give the winless Marshall football team credit at least for its resilience. Just when it appears a state-ranked opponent is ready to blow the Owls off the field, they somehow answer and sometimes dig in -- in Friday's home opener, nearly enough to throw a scare into No. 8 Smith-Cotton during a 28-21 non-conference loss... 
Marshall volleyball: Marshall 2, Mexico 0
(09/11/09)Mexico gave the Marshall volleyball team some trouble during the first set, but the second game went all the Lady Owls' way Thursday during a 25-21, 25-10 NCMC home win. Senior Morgan Ryther led Marshall's attack with eight kills and senior Kim Deutsch dug up seven of the shots offered by the Lady Bulldogs (1-3, 0-2 NCMC). The Lady Owls scored eight points during serves by senior Siara Campbell, two on aces...
Marshall softball: Moberly 8, Marshall 3
(09/11/09) MOBERLY -- The Marshall softball team committed eight errors to allow seven unearned runs to score Thursday during an 8-3 NCMC loss at Moberly. The Lady Owls scored in the top of the first inning on junior Emily Aldredge's double, but junior Lexie Bruner answered with an RBI double in the bottom of the frame and came in on an error for a lead the Lady Spartans would not relinquish...
Marshall soccer: Owls take early lead in NCMC race
(09/11/09) The Marshall boys' soccer team remained unbeaten Thursday, while handing Fulton its first loss of the season, with a 2-1 NCMC home win. It was mostly a defensive struggle, the teams combining for 10 shots on goal and playing to a scoreless tie during the first half. The Owls finally got on the board 16 minutes into the second half when senior Andy Suarez headed junior Jon Najera's pass into the net... 
Owls entertain No. 8 Smith-Cotton
(09/11/09)Once upon a time, Smith-Cotton was an occasional whipping boy for the Marshall football team. Those days were over not long after Mark Johnson took over the Tigers' program, and by now beating the eight-ranked gang from Sedalia would seem more like a fairy tale for the Owls...
Lady Owls down Helias, now 5-0
(09/10/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall girls' tennis team swept doubles play Wednesday during an 8-1 non-conference win at Helias. Senior Virginia Hutcherson led the Lady Owls with a tough 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) decision over sophomore Ashley Roling at No. 1 singles, while sophomore Haley Evans enjoyed her 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2...
Lady Owls down Helias, now 5-0
(09/10/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall girls' tennis team swept doubles play Wednesday during an 8-1 non-conference win at Helias. Senior Virginia Hutcherson led the Lady Owls with a tough 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) decision over sophomore Ashley Roling at No. 1 singles, while sophomore Haley Evans enjoyed her 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2...
Lamberson third at Richmond
(09/10/09) RICHMOND -- Tough Shirkey Golf Course has never been one of the most friendly venues for Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson. Add in a power-packed field, and it's little surprise that the two-time all-stater was unable to come up with her third straight tourney win of the season Wednesday in the Richmond Invitational. Nonetheless, Lamberson had a strong outing to finish tied for third place...
MHS soccer: Marshall boys top Mexico
(09/09/09) MEXICO -- Senior Alex Tapia scored three goals Tuesday to lead the Marshall boys' soccer team to a dominating 7-1 victory at Mexico to begin is NCMC campaign. It took only a minute for the Owls to crack the net, sophomore Alan Magana feeding Tapia for a shot inside the box... 
MHS tennis: Girls team tops Moberly
(09/09/09)MOBERLY -- The Marshall girls' tennis team handed NCMC rival Moberly its first loss of the season Tuesday in a hard-fought contest. The battle at No. 1 singles was the biggest show, with the Lady Spartans getting the win behind senior Kelly Wamsley. She had to hold off senior Virginia Hutcherson, who had a 9-8 lead before dropping back-to-back games -- but then charged back from a 5-1 deficit in the tiebreaker during the 11-10 (8-6) marathon...
MHS cross-country: Wells medals to open season
(09/09/09) LIBERTY -- All-state junior Katie Wells finished second Saturday in the St. Mary's Invitational at Liberty to begin the season for the Marshall cross country team. Wells (20:44) improved her time by 35 seconds on the course, having come in 10th a year ago, but ran 15 seconds behind Kearney sophomore Jasmine Edwards -- who had run ahead of Wells by eight seconds in the 2008 MSHSAA Class 3 Championships... 
Owls can't stop Grain Valley
(09/08/09)Had Shakespeare's King Richard III been in Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas' shoes Friday, he may have exclaimed, "A stop! A stop! My kingdom for a stop!" Grain Valley scored on six of seven possessions, converted all five third-down attempts and never faced a fourth down during a 38-35 non-conference win over the visiting Owls.
Carrollton squeaks by Lady Owls in 8 innings
(09/03/09) Junior Chelsey Anderson tossed a four-hitter Wednesday for the Marshall softball team. Unfortunately for the Lady Owls, the defense surrendered three unearned runs, including one in the top of the eighth inning, during a 3-2 non-conference loss to visiting Carrollton... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Soccer: Owls hope to build on success
(09/01/09)Since making back-to-back appearances in the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships in 2002-03, the Marshall boys' soccer program had struggled. The Owls righted themselves last year with their first winning record in five years, going 18-7 and finishing second in the NCMC...
Lamberson wins at Helias
(09/01/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Helias Tournament offered a little different challenge to the Marshall girls' golf team Monday. While two players from each of the 11 squads entered competed in the customary stroke play, others were paired off for best-ball and alternate-ball action. When it was completed, the Lady Owls finished 10th in team scores with 429 points... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS volleyball Lady Owls counting on seniors
(08/31/09)Gentry Lark had mixed feelings about her first season as head coach of the Marshall volleyball team. "I just felt we could have done a little better," Lark said about the 11-14-4 campaign -- which saw the Lady Owls fall to fourth in the NCMC, their lowest finish since beginning a run of four straight titles in 2002 -- and first-round elimination from the Class 3, District 15 Tournament, despite being the No. 1 seed... 
Owls halted at Chillicothe
(08/31/09)CHILLICOTHE -- There were moments early in Friday's game at Chillicothe that the Marshall football team had the third-ranked Hornets' backs against the wall. However, the Owls couldn't capitalize on those opportunities and Chillicothe recovered to take command with a 17-point second quarter for a 24-7 season-opening victory... 
Lamberson blitzes field to win Warrensburg tourney
(08/26/09)WARRENSBURG -- The first meet of the girls' golf season couldn't have begun much worse, or ended any better, for Marshall's Morgan Lamberson. After getting off to a slow start, the all-state senior recovered quickly Tuesday to win the championship of the Warrensburg Lady Tiger Invitational by seven strokes...
Warrensburg seventh dooms Lady Owls
(08/26/09) Warrensburg broke a 3-3 tie with four runs in the top of the seventh inning Monday to ruin the Marshall softball team's home opener with a 7-3 non-conference loss. Until then, it was anybody's ball game to win. The Lady Owls jumped on top with two runs in the bottom of the first inning, sophomore Stephanie Stark and junior Emily Aldredge beginning the frame with singles and later scoring on ground balls...
Lady Owls drop season debut to Mexico, 9-5
(08/25/09) MEXICO -- Some season-opening jitters put the Marshall softball team too far behind to catch up Monday during a 9-5 NCMC loss at Mexico. The Lady Owls had a pair of two-error innings early in the game, allowing five unearned runs to score, to trail 8-0 after three frames. Marshall scored at least one run in each inning from the fourth on, but was unable to put together a rally which sustained long enough to make up the deficit... 
Lady Owls blank Knob in net debut
(08/25/09)The young Marshall girls' tennis team got a soft introduction to varsity play Monday during a 9-0 non-conference victory over visiting Knob Noster. The Lady Owls stormed through singles play, with four 10-0 scores -- posted by sophomores Haley Evans, Amy Van and Skylar Simpson in the two through four positions and senior Audra Taylor at No. 6... 
Owls' play uneven in Jamboree
(08/24/09)FAYETTE -- There is some reason to be concerned about the Marshall football team following Friday's performance in the pre-season Jamboree hosted at Central Methodist University's Davis Field in Fayette. The Owls' defense gave up big plays and the offense was unable to move the ball on the ground consistently -- although, in fairness, senior all-state running back Matt Jacobs only got three touches as head coach Paul Thomas used the occasion to look at several players fighting for spots on the depth chart.. ... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Girls' Tennis: Lady Owls rebuilding, Part II
(08/21/09)After losing a strong senior class in 2007, the Marshall girls' tennis team was in the rebuilding mode last year. In that, the Lady Owls were largely successful -- fashioning a 13-3 dual record, 5-1 in league play, and placing second in both the NCMC and Class 1, District 7 Tournaments. However, with only three singles starters returning, it will be a challenge to sustain that success -- especially with only 14 girls on the roster, 10 with any prior experience... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Cross Country: Lady Owls boast impressive quartet
(08/20/09)What the Marshall boys' cross country team accomplished a year ago, the girls' squad could do this season -- and maybe even more. The Owls had four runners who were consistent scorers, but three of them were seniors: Matt Bledsoe, the lone state qualifier, Philip Perkins and Alex Jenkins -- collecting 26 medals between them. That helped them win the Smith-Cotton, Clinton and Richmond Invitationals and finish second in the NCMC Championships... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Softball: Once green, Lady Owls becoming diamond veterans
(08/19/09)The four-year-old Marshall softball program is moving out of its infancy and into the next phase where it is becoming stocked with veterans. "That's a great asset to have," noted head coach Danielle Callanan, who returns with assistant coach Amanda Van Winkle and adds former Missouri Valley College player Lindsay Stapp to her staff. ... 
Local hoops team wins summer events
(08/18/09)The Marshall Gametime and Sedalia Burners sixth-grade competitive boys' basketball teams got together this summer to take home hardware from two tournaments. The Gametime/Burners won the title of the USSSA Midwest Sports Production Summer Classic, June 27-28 at Gardner, Kan. They came back from a 16-point halftime deficit to defeat the Kansas Bulls, 41-40, in the semifinal round and nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer for a 48-47 decision in the championship game against the Kansas City Crunch... 
Fall '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Girls' Golf: Talented Lamberson leads Lady Owls
(08/18/09)There's only one major goal left for Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson to accomplish as a high school golfer, and it's the same prize sought by all: winning the state title. Lamberson led the Lady Owls to the NCMC Tournament crown by posting one of her three 18-hole victories of the season, but went on to claim her second all-state medal at the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships, tying for seventh place... 
Weber competes at U.S. Juniors
(08/17/09)FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Former Marshall all-American Mason Weber wound up his pre-college swimming career last week in the USA Swimming Speedo Junior National Championships at Federal Way, Wash. Weber, who won 10 state medals during four years of qualifying for the MSHSAA Championships, entered three individual events and was part of two relays for the Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City... 
Marshall youth at world golf tourney
(08/14/09)PINEHURST, N.C. -- While his father made his mark on the basketball hardwood, Jace Lance of Marshall is showing proficiency on the golf links. Lance (above) tied four other players for 64th place out of 98 entries in the 7-and-under age group last week at the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships at Pinehurst, N.C. The Missouri Open champion had the best performance of any player from the Show-Me State at the international meet... 
Nichols in top 12 at Zone meet
(08/14/09)NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Marshall sophomore Tyler Nichols claimed 11th place in the 100-meter breaststroke at the USA Swimming Central Zone Championships last weekend in the Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville, Ind. The Heart of America Swim Club member had qualified in five events, racing twice in all but one of them. ... 
Marshall runners bring home SMSG gold
(08/13/09)COLUMBIA -- Runners from Marshall came back from the Show-Me State Games at Columbia last month with plenty of hardware. Missouri Valley College graduate Linzi Leimkuehler, a perennial SMSG winner who was an all-state sprinter for the Owls, took first place in the women's 18- to 29-year-old 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes during the July 25-26 track and field competition... 
Marshall swimmers win seven races in Division II East meet
(08/12/09)Swimmers from Marshall won seven blue ribbons during the Missouri Valley Division II East Championships, July 24-26 at Lawrence, Kan. Against stiffer competition the following week at the Division I meet in Lenexa, Kan., awards were harder to come by... 
Minis win game at SMSG
(08/11/09)COLUMBIA -- The Marshall Minis second- and third-grade girls' basketball team took home a consolation award from the Show-Me State Games, Aug. 1-2 at Columbia. The Minis won one of their four games, but it was an impressive victory -- an 18-4 decision over the St. Charles Flames, which won the silver medal. The Florissant Cougars finished first in the PeeWee Division...
MHS football practice starts Monday for 10th-12th-graders
(08/07/09) Marshall football practice starts Monday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 a.m. for 10th- through 12th-grade players. Freshmen will start the Thursday, Aug. 13, with the time to be announced. According to Coach Paul Thomas, players should make sure they have their physical exam paperwork with them...
MHS grad Weber competing in US Open swim meet
(08/07/09) Federal Way, Wash. -- Marshall High School four-time All-American Mason Weber is swimming in the U.S. Open today and Saturday outside Seattle, Wash. Weber will swim the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter individual medley in the meet...
Uhrig races at national meet
(07/28/09) OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Marshall physician Dr. Jack Uhrig, 55, was part of the winning 3,200-meter relay team at the USA Track and Field Masters Track and Field Championships, an event held July 9-12 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Uhrig ran a leg on the Heartland Masters Track Club, along with Steve Terry (left) of Lexington, as it won the 55-and-under division with a time of 10:33.13. Uhrig also placed 11th in the 55-and-under 1,500-meter run, recording a time of 5:21.38...
Crum wins gold medal
(07/28/09) COLUMBIA -- Marshall High School senior Andrew "Andy" Crum claimed a gold medal in the American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation National Championships, held July 11 at Columbia. Crum (above), 17, the son of Robert and Una Crum, lifted 1,080 pounds for first place in his weight and age class. He holds records in both national and international competitions...
Weber, Nichols in Speedo series
(07/29/09) COLUMBIA -- Former Marshall High School teammates Mason Weber and Tyler Nichols were up against each in four events last week during the USA Swimming-sanctioned Speedo Champions Series event at Columbia. Weber, a freshman at the University of Notre Dame, was racing for the Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City. Nichols, 16 -- a sophomore for the Owls, and among the younger competitors in the Central Section Region VIII Summer Championships -- is a member of the Heart of America Swim Club of Marshall...
Marshall girls lead softball team to title
(07/29/09) KANSAS CITY -- Marshall softball players Chelsey Anderson and Allie Bockstetter won awards as the Sedalia Lady Bandits swept to the title of the USSSA 18-and-under C Midwest Championships, July 10-12 at Kansas City. Five members of the Lady Owls' squad were on the team that went 7-0 during the 15-team meet -- including KaeLeigh Brown, Emily Aldredge and Stephanie Stark. Other players on the team were from Sedalia and Hughesville... 
Fury finishes season at SMSG
(07/27/09)COLUMBIA -- The Marshall Fury softball team dropped three of four games -- all in the final inning -- to finish fourth in the 16-and-under division of the Show-Me State Games, July 18-19 at Columbia. Two of those close losses were to Moberly, coached by former Missouri Valley College track and field NAIA academic all-American Jaci Price... 
Marshall netters finish season
(07/17/09)The Marshall Junior Tennis Association closed out its summer program of clinics and meets with three tournaments during the final week. The Indian Foothills Junior Holiday Tournament, July 9-10 at the park and Marshall High School courts, brought in players from a large area -- including Columbia, Jefferson City, Chillicothe, Higginsville, Carrollton and Moberly...
Marshall's Lamberson contends on the links
(07/17/09) COLUMBIA -- Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson tied for 12th place this week in the Missouri Women's Golf Association's Amateur Championship at Columbia. Lamberson, a two-time all-stater for the Lady Owls, shot a 238 over three rounds to share the spot with Emily Mathews of Cape Girardeau and Chesterfield's Kelsey Meyer. ... 
Nichols leads Marshall swimmers with five wins
(07/16/09)Marshall swimmer Tyler Nichols appears ready to assume command. Nichols' all-state rookie season for the Owls may have been overshadowed by the all-American campaign of Notre Dame recruit Mason Weber, but he's in the spotlight now as a sophomore. Racing last weekend for the Heart of America Swim Club, Nichols won four times Saturday at the Mid-Missouri Conference Championships in Centralia, then headed to Quincy, Ill., Sunday to pick up a fifth blue ribbon at the Blackstone Firecracker Classic -- a major meet hosted by the Sheridan Swim Club.. ...
Bueker football camp next week
(07/15/09) The Bueker Middle School Football Camp will be held Monday, July 20, through Thursday, July 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. each day at the BMS field. Equipment check-out will be on Saturday at the school, from 8 to 9 a.m. for incoming eighth graders and 9 to 10 a.m. for seventh grade... 
Analysis: Marshall baseball What's in store for Owls?
(07/14/09)Having just completed the four-month stretch of spring and summer baseball, it's time to reflect on the state of the Marshall program. On the surface, it's not too encouraging. After the Owls finished the high school season with a 2-21 mark -- 0-12 in the NCMC -- and the Travelers' varsity posted a 5-20 record as an independent club, it's easy to be dismissive...
Fury splits in Sedalia
(07/09/09) The Marshall Fury didn't bang the ball around the diamond, but excellent pitching allowed it to split two make-up games Monday in the 16-and-under competitive division of the Sedalia Softball League. In the opener, Quincy Harms threw a no-hitter as Cole Camp nipped the Fury, 2-1... 
Travelers get solid pitching to split
(07/08/09)This is a tale of two pitchers. The Marshall Travelers baseball team got a pair of solid outings on the mound Tuesday during its home doubleheader against the Lee's Summit American Legion Post 189 B squad. But what southpaw Aaron Skinner didn't get in terms of run support and defense behind him during a 7-2 loss, lanky right-hander Jordan Pannell did for a 9-5 victory...
Owls hosting youth hoops camp
(07/07/09) A youth basketball camp will be held July 20-23 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon each day in the Marshall High School gymnasium. The camp is open to both boys and girls entering the first through fourth grades this fall, and will be under the supervision of MHS boys' head coach Cody Leonard and Lady Owls' head coach Tony Willis... 
Travelers drop two at Warrensburg
(07/06/09)WARRENSBURG -- Marshall Travelers baseball coach Ian Verts' summer-long quest to develop an offense is beginning to pay off. Over the last two weeks, the team has raised its batting average from .201 to .237, scoring 14 runs Thursday during a twinbill at Warrensburg... 
Oak Grove takes two from Travelers
(07/02/09)The Marshall Travelers baseball team had a few glimmers of hope Wednesday, but not enough went right to keep up with the Oak Grove Bats American Legion squad. The visitors scored 28 runs -- aided by 16 walks, five hit batters and seven errors for 14 unearned runs -- to take both ends of the doubleheader, 11-4 and 17-3, the latter in six innings... 
Fury plays flurry of softball games
(07/01/09)The Marshall Fury softball team has been keeping itself busy, playing nine games within a nine-day span. Five of these came during the Show-Me Summer Classic, June 20-21 at Columbia. After dropping their first two games, the Fury won two of the next three to finish fifth in the 18-and-under tournament...
Holiday net tourney coming
(06/30/09) The Marshall Junior Tennis Association will be hosting the 45th annual Holiday Junior Tennis Tournament on July 9 and 10. Singles play with be held Thursday and doubles Friday, starting at 8:30 a.m. on both days, with half of the singles contests split between the Indian Foothills Park and Marshall High School courts and all of doubles at the park... 
Travelers rally for two wins
(06/29/09)The Marshall Travelers varsity baseball team has had a hard time winning games this summer, but the word "quit" is not in its vocabulary. The Travelers battled back from deficits twice over the weekend to split a pair of doubleheaders with late-inning heroics, the first victory snapping a seven-game losing streak -- and avenging an earlier sweep at the hands of the Macon USSSA squad... 
Marshall swimmers clash with tough field at Columbia meet
(06/25/09)COLUMBIA -- Three all-staters from Marshall High boys' team found themselves in deep water over the weekend at the Columbia Swim Club Summer Invitational. It's not that the Mizzou Aquatics Center pool was anything other than regulation size, but the field was larger and older than is customary during the long course season...
Junior Travelers beat Warrensburg, 13-12
(06/25/09) The Marshall Travelers junior varsity baseball team came from behind with three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to pull out a 13-12 decision against Warrensburg American Legion Post 131. The Travelers were behind by a run in the third, but singles by Marc Plummer and Jordan Pannell keyed a three-run rally. Marshall broke a 5-5 tie in the fourth on RBI singles from Tyler Nelson and Collin Porter...
Marshall juniors fall to Macon
(06/24/09) MACON -- The Marshall Travelers junior varsity baseball team suffered a 12-2, eight-inning road loss Saturday to the Macon USSSA 16-and-under club. Travis Miller fired three scoreless innings as the starting pitcher and went three for five from the plate for Macon. His two-run, two-out double capped a seven-run outburst in the third inning... 
Sedalia unloads on Travelers
(06/24/09)Drew Hutinger seemed to be on a personal crusade to demolish the Marshall Travelers varsity baseball team Tuesday. Hutinger went six for six from the plate, scoring five runs and driving in three, and pitched five shutout innings as Sedalia American Legion Post 642 bombed the Travelers, 20-0, in seven of the scheduled nine-inning contest at the MHS field... 
Lady Owls logging court time
(06/23/09)The Marshall girls' basketball team is working hard to avoid a repeat of last year's cruel 1-24 campaign. The Lady Owls were put in an unfortunate position during the 2009 season. When it began, the team had only two players with significant varsity experience, and both of those left at mid-season. In its lone district game, Marshall was starting two juniors who had played little the previous year, a sophomore and a pair of freshmen... 
Marshall's Bartel puts in extra work
(06/23/09)COLUMBIA -- She's a little older than most of her Marshall High softball teammates, so senior Tara Bartel isn't always part of the group when it comes to summer ball. The Marshall Fury has an active summer schedule, but plays in the 16-and-under division of the Sedalia Girls' Softball League -- for which Bartel is ineligible. However, that doesn't mean she's sitting by idly... 
Travelers thumped by Warrensburg
(06/23/09)When a baseball team is as offensively-challenged as the Marshall Travelers, small mistakes loom large. The first inning of Saturday's home doubleheader against Warrensburg American Legion Post 131 demonstrated the Travelers' difficulties, although was hardly critical during six-inning losses of 15-4 and 13-0...
Junior Travelers win twice
(06/18/09) LA MONTE -- The Marshall Travelers junior varsity team picked up a pair of wins over Knob Noster during Sunday's doubleheader on the "Field of Dreams" at the Show-Me Christian Youth Home near LaMonte. The Travelers took a three-run lead into the bottom of the sixth inning of the first game, but Knob Noster tied it up. However, the 6-6 deadlock was broken when Marshall scored five runs in the top of the seventh... 
Lamberson medals at MWGA Juniors
(06/18/09)COLUMBIA -- Marshall senior Morgan Lamberson recovered from a difficult opening day to finish sixth last week in the 49th annual Missouri Women's Golf Association Junior Championship at Columbia. The Lady Owls' two-time state medalist was tied for 14th place Thursday after shooting an 85 on the par-71 A.L. Gustin Golf Course. She rallied Friday with a four-over 75, the second-lowest score posted in the second round... 
Fury wins two road games
(06/17/09)MEXICO -- The Marshall Fury 16-and-under softball team racked up 24 runs Sunday while winning a pair of games at Mexico. Marshall beat the host team, comprised of several starters for the Lady Bulldogs, in the opener, 13-5, then claimed a 9-5 decision over Paris... 
Travelers drop two games at Sedalia
(06/16/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall Travelers varsity baseball team wasn't able to put offense and defense together Saturday while being swept at Sedalia. When the Travelers got solid pitching, they were unable to hit. When they put up some runs, their pitching and defense faltered. Hence, American Legion Post 642 -- which also bills itself "Travelers" -- came away with a pair of comfortable wins, 6-0 and 13-5... 
Nichols gets Zone time at Kansas meet
(06/12/09)TOPEKA, Kan. -- Marshall swimmer Tyler Nichols had eight top-10 finishes in fields as large as 38 entries last weekend during the Beach Bash at Blaisdell in Topeka, Kan., a major Missouri Valley region meet. The Owls' all-state sophomore, swimming for the Heart of America Swim Club, qualified for the USA Swimming Central Zone Championships with a sixth-place showing in the 15-and-over age group 50-meter freestyle (26.59 seconds). ...
Travelers sweep twinbill from Cole Camp
(06/05/09) From the first at-bat through the rest of the evening, the Marshall Travelers varsity baseball team maintained its lead Wednesday during a doubleheader sweep of visiting Cole Camp, both 8-3 victories. The squad from the south, which also consisted of players from nearby schools like Warsaw and Lincoln, put up two runs in the top of the first inning during the opener -- and never led again. ...
Lady Owls hoop camp next week
(06/05/09) The Marshall girls' basketball program will hold individual skills camps next week at the MHS gym. Middle school players, entering grades five through eight, will meet from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday. The fee is $10 per player. The high school level will have sessions from 10 a.m. to 12 noon each day, with no cost involved... 
Two Owls sign with Valley
(06/04/09)Missouri Valley College has signed recent Marshall High School graduates Cody Hodges and Cory McComas to a NAIA football letters-of-intent. Despite missing one game due to injury, Hodges -- a 5-foot-10, 185-pound linebacker -- led the Owls with 67 total tackles last season to earn all-NCMC second team honors. He also was tops on the team with 13 tackles for losses, four forced fumbles and seven stops on third- and fourth-down plays... 
Travelers swept in season debut
(06/02/09)OAK GROVE -- The summer baseball season began with a thud for the Marshall Travelers, blanked in a pair of mercy-rule shortened four-inning contests at Oak Grove. The Oak Grove squad is actually a new American Legion program sponsored by an Odessa post, made up mainly of Panthers -- with additions from Holden, Grain Valley and Blue Springs. It had won six of seven games at a weekend tournament and was more than ready for the Travelers... 
Wells claims two state medals
(06/01/09)JEFFERSON CITY -- In her first appearance in the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships at Jefferson City, Marshall sophomore Katie Wells took home medals in both of her events. On Friday, Wells (above) knocked 17.92 seconds off her personal record in the 3,200 run (11:34.16) to finish in fourth place, 1.59 seconds behind Festus sophomore Sadie Darnell in third and 3.53 seconds ahead of West Plains senior Dacey Mitchell in fifth...
Marshall duo knocked out at state tournament
(06/01/09) SPRINGFIELD -- While neither of its matches were lopsided, the Marshall boys' tennis combo of senior Mac Evans and junior Ethan Murphy were eliminated in the minimum Friday in the MSHSAA Class 1 Individual Championships at Springfield. The District 7 champions lost in the first round by a 6-4, 7-5 margin to seniors Forrest Richmond and Alex Goel of John Burroughs Prep in St. Louis. That brought on a tough consolation bracket match-up for the Owls...
Sign-ups for Marshall Youth Tackle Football under way
(06/01/09) The early-bird sign-up deadline for the fall Marshall Youth Tackle Football program will extend until Saturday, June 20, at Viking Athletic Goods. Registering early represents a significant savings, from $85 per player to $110 after June 20. The cost included equipment. Practice starts August 10 for the two age levels, third and fourth grades and fifth and sixth grades... 
Owls duo begins play in state tennis meet
(05/29/09)SPRINGFIELD -- The District 7 champion doubles team of senior Mac Evans and junior Ethan Murphy will represent the Marshall boys' tennis team in the MSHSAA Class 1 Individual Championships today and Saturday at Springfield. Evans (right) and Murphy, who are 14-5 on the season, have a tough first-round draw against seniors Forrest Richmond and Alex Goel of John Burroughs Prep -- a traditional St. Louis power. That new pair was 3-1 during the District 3 Tournament, finishing second...
Marshall's Wells running at state
(05/29/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- Marshall distance runner Katie Wells will race both days of the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships at Jefferson City. The sophomore, a qualifier in the fall for the state cross country meet, will compete today at 5:30 p.m. in the 3,200-meter run. She is seeded eighth based on her sectional time of 11:52.08, a personal record. Festus senior Alyssa Allison, the defending state champion, is the favorite with a time of 10:30.01 at her sectional...
Wells lone Owl to make state slate
(05/26/09) KEARNEY -- Nobody can claim Katie Wells isn't a battler. One could see her determination two weeks ago in the NCMC Track and Field Championships, when the Marshall sophomore collapsed at the finish line after trying to catch up with 1,600-meter champion Emma Burditt of Hannibal... 
MHS netters knocked out
(05/26/09)The Marshall boys' tennis squad wasn't able to end its six-year absence from the MSHSAA Class 1 Team Championships, but it wasn't for lack of trying. The Owls fought for three-and-a-half hours against Bishop LeBlond of St. Joseph before dropping the Section 4 Tournament semifinal, 5-2, Saturday on the MHS courts... 
Owl netters move on to sectional tourney
(05/21/09)After one year of absence from the MSHSAA playoffs, the Marshall boys' tennis team apparently wants to keep playing. The Owls blanked visiting Higginsville, 5-0, in Wednesday's Class 1 Regional, which means that -- as district champions -- they host the sectional tourney Saturday...
Owls win district net tourney
(05/19/09) After a one-year absence from the playoffs, the Marshall boys' tennis team returned to the fray Saturday by claiming the Class 1, District 7 Tournament championship on its home court. The top-seeded doubles team of senior Mac Evans and junior Ethan Murphy won four matches to claim the title, accounting for 12.5 of the Owls' 30 points -- giving them a 5.5-point cushion over NCMC Tournament champion Kirksville... 
Lady Owls knocked out by Helias
(05/19/09)MOBERLY -- Its best wouldn't have been nearly enough for the Marshall girls' soccer team Saturday. The Lady Owls were overwhelmed by a superior Helias club, 7-0, in the first round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly, ending their season... 
Moberly ends Owls' season
(05/18/09)BOONVILLE -- The Marshall baseball team's first-round game in the Class 3, District 13 Tournament at Boonville went much the same way as many others during this difficult season. The Owls hung close for a while, but Moberly eventually pulled away for an 8-0 victory to end their season. Marshall's pitchers became less effective the more opponents saw of them, defensive mishaps contributed to the hurlers' troubles and the team was shut out for the sixth time this season...
Four Owls advance to track and field sectional
(05/18/09) WARRENSBURG -- Marshall boys' track and field coach Jim Papreck knew his team would be in for a challenge Saturday. Looking at the performance lists prior to the Class 3, District 7 Championships at Warrensburg, it was readily apparent that the Owls were going to need a lot of personal bests if they were going to send much of a contingent on to the sectional meet -- and even those, in most cases, would not be enough...
Kirksville stuffs Owls, 10-0
(05/15/09) KIRKSVILLE -- There was some cleaning up going on Thursday in Kirksville. While much of the town was removing debris from the previous night's tornado, junior right-hander Derek Allen was mopping up Marshall batters during the Tigers' 10-0 NCMC victory... 
Boonville gets OT win over Lady Owls
(05/14/09)Freshman Mackenzie Greis found the net two minutes into the overtime period Wednesday to give visiting Boonville a 2-1 NCMC decision over the Marshall girls' soccer team. The Lady Owls held advantages of 7-5 in shots on goal and 6-2 in corner kicks, but were unable to capitalize after freshman Allea Summers converted a feed from senior Vicky Renderos with a long blast into the upper right-hand corner in the contest's eighth minute...
Benefit softball tourney coming
(05/14/09) The Saline County Foster and Adopt Organization is sponsoring a co-ed softball tournament on Saturday, May 30, at Indian Foothills Park in Marshall. Proceeds from the event will support extracurricular activities for local foster care children. The double-elimination tournament will be played by ASA rules with a one-hour time limit, with prizes for first and second place. ...
Owls blank Smith-Cotton, 9-0
(05/13/09) The Marshall boys' tennis team closed out the regular season with a 9-0 non-conference home win over Smith-Cotton. There weren't many close matches, but junior Ethan Murphy's 10-8 decision over senior Matt Roehrs provided was among them. Junior Lucas Hart also had to work for a 10-6 win against sophomore Adam Tilley at No. 4, as did junior Trey Clemons versus junior Keaton Schnell by the same score at No. 6...
Moberly blanks Lady Owls
(05/12/09) MOBERLY -- Moberly completed a sweep of the NCMC girls' soccer schedule Monday with its 6-0 victory over visiting Marshall. The sixth-ranked Lady Spartans finished the league campaign without allowing a goal, out-scoring opponents, 66-0. Moberly (20-1, 12-0 NCMC) has only yielded three points all season... 
Buford grabs four NCMC gold medals
(05/11/09)Matt Buford and some of his teammates on the Marshall boys' track and field team were cooling in the shade in front of the grandstands during a hot Friday afternoon, apparently oblivious to the activity around them. What, pray tell, was going on here?... 
Owls second at NCMC tourney
(05/11/09)KIRKSVILLE -- The Marshall boys' tennis team finished second by a single point Friday in the NCMC Tournament at Kirksville. The meet was expected to be as balanced as it has ever been, and it didn't disappoint. The Owls, fourth a year ago, were nipped by Kirksville, 52 to 51 points, with Fulton and Hannibal tying for third place at 45... 
Owls pick up NCMC net win
(05/07/09)MOBERLY -- After dropping a pair of 6-6 tiebreakers in two NCMC matches this week, the Marshall boys' tennis team needed a lift heading into the conference meet. The Owls got it Wednesday with an 11-1 victory at Moberly. Marshall swept through singles play with nary a scratch, the closest contest being junior Ethan Murphy's 10-5 win over senior Cole Jarman at No. ... 
MHS Round-up: Owls' golf season ends at district
(05/06/09)BOLIVAR -- When Marshall boys' golf coach Erek Dusenberry scoped out the site the day before Tuesday's Class 3, District 5 Tournament, he "knew this course and these conditions would be very, very tough on an inexperienced team like ours." "Duze" wasn't "a-wolfin'." The Owls were unable to advance a player to the state meet, finishing eighth in the 10-team field with 396 points... 
Hall gets second NCMC medal
(05/04/09)FULTON -- Junior Brandon Hall turned in his career-best 18-hole performance Friday, but the Marshall boys' golf team had to settle for seventh place in the NCMC Tournament at Fulton. Hall covered a soggy Tanglewood Golf Course in less than ideal conditions with a steady three-over-par 75, three strokes lower than the 78 he turned in four days earlier at Chillicothe. It was the second time Hall claimed an NCMC medal, having finished ninth last year...
Hannibal storms past Lady Owls
(05/04/09) Hannibal scored three unanswered goals during the final seven minutes Friday for a come-from-behind 3-1 NCMC road win over the Marshall girls' soccer team. After a scoreless first half, during which neither team was able to launch an on-target shot, the Lady Owls broke through six minutes into the second frame when freshman Allea Summers connected from short range...
Marshall High announces schedule changes
(05/01/09) The Marshall boys' tennis team will make up three rain-out NCMC matches next week, starting with Monday's home triangular with Boonville and Hannibal. That will also be when the Owls hold their annual fundraising barbecue, with the proceeds of the $5 hamburger, chips and drink going back into the program... 
MHS Round-up: Net Owls back on winning track
(04/30/09)The Marshall boys' tennis team could breathe a collective sigh of relief Wednesday. Behind the Owls were three straight losses to large mid-Missouri schools -- Hickman, Helias and defending state champion Rock Bridge -- and tough matches against strong Class 1 programs Kirksville and Duchesne... 
Two young Marshall wrestlers named all-America
(04/29/09)CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three members of Team Owls wrestled at the USA Wrestling-sanctioned Eastern World Championships, April 18-19 at Charleston, W.Va. Nicolas Hager placed fourth in the 8-and-under 75-pound division and Dalton Landreth was fourth in the 10-and-under 58-pound group, both recording first-round pins on their way to becoming all-Americans...
MHS Round-up: Hannibal squeaks out win over Owls
(04/29/09) HANNIBAL -- Senior Cory McComas allowed only three hits Tuesday at Hannibal, but sloppy defense cost him the win during the Marshall baseball team's 6-5 NCMC loss. The Owls committed five errors in the first two innings, giving up five unearned runs while falling behind 6-0. The Pirates had all three of their hits during that stretch, including RBI singles by sophomores Paul Trenhaile and Kyle Arthaud... 
Owls better on links
(04/28/09)CHILLICOTHE -- Even for a short, easily-manageable course, the Marshall boys' golf team enjoyed a strong showing Monday at the Chillicothe Invitational. The Owls have usually done well on the Green Hills Golf Course links, but the scores they posted in this outing were excellent for a young group -- with four of five entries notching personal records, especially noteworthy due to the cool, soggy weather... 
Marshall thinclads get in two meets
(04/28/09)The Marshall track and field team went in opposite directions for two weekend meets, Friday at the Bank of Grain Valley Invitational and Saturday in the Ron Whittaker Relays at Mexico. The Owls were fourth among boys' teams at Grain Valley with 93 points, with Ruskin of Kansas City taking the team title at 151 with nine victories... 
Lady Owls second at S-C tourney
(04/27/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' soccer team had a sudden outbreak of offense Saturday. The Lady Owls nearly doubled their season total of goals in the first two matches of the Smith-Cotton Tournament, both dominating wins -- 3-0 over Clinton on Friday and 4-0 against Grain Valley the next morning. Despite controlling most of the play during Saturday's late game, Marshall lost a 1-0 double-overtime decision to St. Joseph-Benton for second place in the White Division...
Kirksville 10, Marshall 0
(04/24/09) Junior Trevor Allinson smashed a pair of doubles and drove in two runs Thursday as visiting Kirksville handed the Marshall baseball team its eighth straight NCMC loss, and 10th overall, 10-0 in five innings. The Tigers scored in each of the first four innings, including seven runs in the second...
Lady Owls blank Fulton, 1-0
(04/24/09) Freshman Allea Summers scored three minutes into the match Thursday, but the Marshall girls' soccer team was unable to convert again. The Lady Owls didn't need to, the defense keeping Fulton from getting a shot on goal during a 1-0 NCMC home win to end a three-match losing streak... 
Owls second at Smith-Cotton meet
(04/23/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall track and field team got three wins in both boys' and girls' events Tuesday during the Smith-Cotton Invitational at Sedalia. Junior Matt Buford was involved in all of the MHS boys' victories, winning the 100-meter dash (11.13 seconds) and anchoring the 400 (47.42) and 800 (1:37.61) relays behind freshman Jayron Hughes, sophomore Tevin Parker and senior Marty Kays...
Marshall gets new hoops coaches
(04/23/09) It's becoming a rite of spring: the hiring of a new head boys' basketball coach by the Marshall School Board. For the fourth time in the last five years, solons did so again Tuesday, anointing Hannibal native Cody Leonard as the Owls' latest court boss. It was among five openings for top jobs which were filled, including in all four winter programs...
MHS Round-up: Hall goes low for Owls
(04/23/09) BLUE SPRINGS -- Junior Brandon Hall shattered his career-best mark over 18 holes Wednesday as the Marshall boys' golf team finished eighth in a field of 13 schools at the Grain Valley Invitational. Hall sank back-to-back birdie putts on the seventh and eighth holes to make the turn at two-over-par 38 on Adams Pointe Golf Course in Blue Springs. While he didn't do as well coming in, Hall still shot 80 -- taking 10 strokes off his previous low score -- to finish in a tie for 11th place... 
Owls lose eighth in a row
(04/22/09)The young Marshall baseball team didn't beat itself Tuesday, committing only one harmless error and issuing a lone walk, but couldn't stop visiting Helias during a 9-1 non-conference loss. The Crusaders banged out 16 hits during the game, taking command during the third and fourth innings with a combined seven runs... 
Owl netters suffer first loss
(04/22/09)The Marshall boys' tennis team sustained its first loss of the season Tuesday during an 8-1 non-conference home match against Hickman, a large Columbia school. The contest was closer than the final score made it appear, the Owls dropping three extended tilts in singles play. The lone Marshall win was at No. 6 singles, where junior Trey Clemons cruised by sophomore Tom Majerus, 10-3...
Mexico nips Lady Owls, 2-1
(04/21/09) MEXICO -- The Marshall girls' soccer team ran into a red-hot Mexico squad Monday, and briefly gave the NCMC leader a scare. Senior Maddy Keller knocked in a rebound of senior Vicky Renderos' shot midway through the first half to put the Lady Owls in front. However, the Lady Bulldogs responded with goals by freshman Danielle Ingrum and junior Sarah Ogar before the period was over and made them hold up for a 2-1 NCMC home win -- their eighth in a row... 
Owls lower scores at Jeff City
(04/21/09)JEFFERSON CITY -- Before the season began, Marshall boys' golf coach Erek Dusenberry predicted "some wonderful improvement throughout the year" for his young club. Dusenberry got an inkling of that Monday at the Helias Invitational. While the Owls were 12th in a 16-team field, four of their players saw a lowering of scores relative to par from their previous outing at the Smith-Cotton Classic. ... 
Owls reclaim MHS tourney title
(04/20/09)The Marshall Boys' Tennis Tournament posed a significant challenge to the young Owls, but they rose to meet it. There was little reason to believe Marshall would win its home meet Friday, what with a solid field which included defending champion Kirksville -- which had beaten the Owls, 6-3, a year ago -- a Fulton club which downed the Tigers in their NCMC match earlier this season and the addition of a good program from Duchesne of St. Charles...
Lady Owls drop shoot-out
(04/20/09) The Marshall and Chillicothe girls' soccer teams survived a cold, persistent rain Saturday, even playing through two overtime periods, before the visiting Lady Hornets won a 2-1 non-conference decision. The Lady Owls went on top five minutes into the match when senior Vicky Renderos converted a penalty kick, but a 20-yard drive by junior Madeline Brick tied the match in the 40th minute...
Boonville hammers Owls, 12-1
(04/20/09) The young Marshall baseball team wasn't as mistake-prone Friday during its 12-1 NCMC home loss to Boonville as it had been the first time the teams met, nor as it was the night before while being drubbed by Fulton, 16-2. The Pirates didn't need the help, banging out 13 hits while leading wire to wire, and getting a four-hitter from junior pitcher Rhett Quinlan. ... 
Fulton hammers slumping Owls, 16-2
(04/17/09)After a week of involuntary idleness, one may have thought the Marshall baseball team would be pumped to get back on the diamond. If so, it wasn't reflected in the Owls' desultory play during Thursday's 16-2, five-inning home loss to NCMC rival Fulton. The Hornets scored two runs before getting their first hit, and senior right-hander Brant Masek held Marshall to a pair of singles -- the five-run lead he was handed before the Birds came to bat more than enough...
Moberly blanks Lady Owls, 4-0
(04/17/09) The Marshall girls' soccer team's lack of offensive punch put it at a severe disadvantage Thursday against the high-scoring Moberly machine. The eighth-ranked Lady Spartans had out-scored three previous NCMC foes by a 14-0 margin, and nearly matched that average during a 4-0 victory on the MHS pitch...
Owls blank Lexington, 9-0
(04/16/09) LEXINGTON -- The Marshall boys' tennis team showed no rust from a week's layoff Wednesday, sweeping Lexington for a 9-0 non-conference road win. None of the Owls ran into any serious trouble. Juniors Ethan Murphy, Lucas Hart and Brandon Mullins blanked the Minutemen (1-4) in singles by 8-0 scores, junior Trey Clemons took an 8-1 decision and senior Mac Evans and junior Jimmy Rector posted 8-2 victories...
MHS third on Boonville links
(04/16/09) BOONVILLE -- The second triangular match in a week involving the Marshall boys' golf team and Boonville had the same outcome Wednesday. The Pirates won on their home course with a 148, while the Owls finished third at 179. In between was California at 168... 
Glassmaker earns college all-America honors
(04/15/09)HOUSTON -- Junior Jeremy Glassmaker of Marshall received all-America distinction last month at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in Houston. Glassmaker ran the third leg of Southwest Baptist University's distance medley which finished second in the March 13 meet. ... 
Marshall's Weber qualifies for U.S. Open Championships
(04/14/09)FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Before he packs his bags for Notre Dame University this fall, Marshall swimmer Mason Weber will have a few more national-level meets under his belt. Weber qualified for the U.S. Open Championships at Orlando, Fla., in August last month during the National Club Swimming Association Junior Nationals at Federal Way, Wash., by breaking his personal record in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.80 seconds) -- set during his second-place, 56.05-second performance last year at the MSHSAA Championships -- while finishing fourth in the preliminaries.. ...
Owl golfers last at Smith-Cotton Classic
(04/14/09) SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' golf team typically struggles on the Sedalia Country Club Course, and Monday was no exception. Combine a persistent chilly rain with soggy links and young, unproven golfers, and the Owls had more than their usual suitcase full of sorrow during the Smith-Cotton Classic. They brought up the rear of the team standings in 23rd place with 391 points, up from 358 for 20th place last year...
MHS baseball: Moberly finally subdues Owls in wild NCMC affair
(04/10/09) Moberly broke a 7-7 tie with four runs in the top of the seventh inning Thursday to hand the Marshall baseball team its fifth straight loss, 11-9. It was an ugly NCMC game played on a sloppy field with slick balls, each team committing five errors. The Spartans took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning, but it didn't hold up...
MHS soccer: Marshall 1, Kirksville 0
(04/10/09) KIRKSVILLE -- Sophomore Liz Hood's goal late in the first half decided a defense-oriented match Thursday as the Marshall girls' soccer team claimed a 1-0 NCMC win at Kirksville. Hood received a "through" ball from senior Vicky Renderos and sliced through the rest of the Lady Tigers' defense for the lone score 30 minutes into the match...
MHS Round-up: Owls now 4-0 on court
(04/08/09) Chillicothe may have had an age advantage on the Marshall boys' tennis team, with five seniors to the Owls' one, but couldn't prevent the Owls from claiming their first shutout of the season. The scores of the individual matches weren't as lopsided as Marshall's 9-0 non-conference victory may make it seem. ... 
Owls second at home track meet
(04/09/09)The Marshall boys' track and field team demonstrated strength in the sprints Tuesday during the first of three home meets of the season. The Owls won five times to finish second to Chillicothe, unofficially 191 to 99 points, during the seven-team Marshall Invitational. The Birds were led by junior Matt Buford, who helped them win four gold medals...
Owls win three events at Chillicothe
(04/07/09) CHILLICOTHE -- The Marshall boys' track and field squad finished eighth out of 12 teams Friday in the Joe Shy Relays at Chillicothe. The Owls picked up two gold medals, by senior Phil Perkins in the 800-meter run (2:03.88) and junior Matt Buford in the 200-meter dash (22.75 seconds). Buford also placed second in the 100 (11.10)... 
Owls 11th at Hannibal tourney
(04/06/09)HANNIBAL -- Spring breezes Saturday played havoc with scores at the Hannibal Tournament, but Marshall boys' golf coach Erek Dusenberry wasn't complaining about his young team's performance. "With a very inexperienced team and tough, windy conditions, I was very pleased with our first tournament," said Dusenberry, whose Owls were 11th in the 15-squad field. "We had set a goal and were successful."... 
Owls pick up first win of 2009 season
(04/06/09)The Marshall baseball team won only one of four games over the weekend, but showed signs of improvement. "We're a lot better now than we were when the season began," noted MHS head coach Ian Verts after his team finished its eighth game of the campaign... 
Lady Owls win twice
(04/06/09)After managing only one goal through the season's first four matches, the Marshall girls' soccer team started finding the net over the weekend -- taking two of three road matches. The Lady Owls claimed their first win Friday at Grain Valley, ending the Lady Eagles' four-match win streak with a 2-0 non-conference decision... 
Owls win seven events at W'burg
(04/03/09)WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall girls controlled the middle and long distances Tuesday at the Warrensburg Quad track and field meet. Sophomore Katie Wells led the charge for the Lady Owls, winning the 800- (2:39.14) and 1,600-meter (5:44.74) -- the latter by nearly 13 seconds faster than her best time of a year ago...
Boonville stops Lady Owls, 3-1
(04/03/09) BOONVILLE -- The Marshall girls' soccer team finally cracked the scoring goose egg Thursday, but it wasn't enough to prevent a 3-1 NCMC loss at Boonville. The Lady Pirates jumped in front with a pair of first-half goals. Sophomore Allea Francis dribbled her way into the penalty box and beat freshman Erica Espinoza in the 18th minute and freshman Mackenzie Greis knocked in a rebound of a shot by sophomore Lindie Adair nine minutes later...
Owls throttled at Boonville: Pirates explode for 11 runs in third inning
(04/01/09) BOONVILLE -- An 11-run third inning doomed the Marshall baseball team's slim comeback hopes Tuesday during an 18-3, five-inning loss at NCMC rival Boonville. The Owls trailed by seven runs after two frames, but got the tying run to the plate in the third... 
Marshall hoops squad wins 30
(04/01/09)The Marshall Game Time fifth- and sixth-grade boys' basketball team has racked up a 30-10 record and a slew of tournament trophies this season. The squad has claimed titles at tourneys in Holden, Windsor, Sedalia and Keytesville this month. They also played in the College Basketball Experience event at Kansas City, taking second place in the seventh-grade bracket -- falling to Jefferson City, 58-51, in the finals...
MHS Round-up: Owls still looking for first win
(03/31/09) Pleasant Hill built a 7-0 lead through its first four at-bats Monday and cruised to a 10-3 non-conference road win over the Marshall baseball team. The Owls were plagued by walks -- seven in all, two with the bases loaded to force in runs -- and untimely errors. All three runs charged to junior Josh Toliver in the fifth inning, when he had come in to relieve with Marshall trailing 7-1, were the result of a one-out error... 
Marshall girls medal at mat meets
(03/30/09)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- The three Marshall girls engaging in grappling this spring have had a taste of national competition. The wrestlers -- (from left) Ellen Woolsey, Madison Woolsey and Starlyn White -- took part in two major events this month, after each medaled at the Excelsior Springs Classic on March 8. White claimed the Elementary Division 76- to 103-pound title, with Madison Woolsey fourth in the same group, and Ellen Woolsey was second in the Middle School 130-pound class... 
MHS Round-up: Owls nipped in ninth by Higginsville
(03/27/09)HIGGINSVILLE -- A bases-loaded one-out single by freshman Cody Sanders in the bottom of the ninth inning brought the game-winning run home Thursday for Higginsville, which claimed a 3-2 decision over the visiting Marshall baseball team. The Owls scored in the top of the first inning when senior Kaleb Brashears singled and came in on senior Cory McComas' double, but the Huskers tied it in the second on doubles by senior chance Alberswerth and Sanders and went ahead on Alberswerth's single in the fifth.. ...
Marshall spikers win St. Joe meet
(03/26/09) ST. JOSEPH -- A group of Marshall volleyball players took first place among four teams in the Missouri Western State University Tournament, held March 14 at St. Joseph. Club M, coached by Missouri Valley College sophomore Paula Tieman of Santa Fe, is comprised of nine Lady Owls: juniors Siara Campbell, Kim Deutsch, Kate Hartley, Whitney Kelly, Aubrie Plummer, Jordan Reith and Morgan Ryther and sophomores Becca Keller and Susan Skogsberg...
Marshall swimmers win medals at divisional meets
(03/26/09) Marshall swimmers weren't long cast adrift by the decision of the Salt Fork YMCA to drop sponsorship of the competitive program. Instead, the Heart of America Swim Club was formed, under the guidance of former Manta Rays coach Mike Ballard, and completed the short-course season this month at the Missouri Valley divisional meets...
Prep Round-up: Mexico ruins Owls' diamond debut
(03/26/09) Mexico had too much firepower for the host Marshall baseball team during Wednesday's season opener, claiming a 10-1 NCMC victory. Junior Grant Jones smashed a two-run homer in the third inning and junior Dennis Hobbs added a three-run shot in the sixth for the Bulldogs, whose pitchers allowed only two hits -- both of them singles... 
Spring '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Track: Owls young, but there's talent there
(03/25/09)The Marshall track and field team was young a year ago, and remains so this season -- which holds considerable promise. Boys' head coach Jim Papreck and girls' mentor Gwen Clemens have some talent with which to work, and the results from Monday's season-opening Mule Indoor Relays at the University of Central Missouri hints at it... 
Spring '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Baseball: Next generation of Owls rising
(03/24/09)When Marshall native Ian "Bubba" Verts returned home to coach baseball last year, he inherited a senior-laden squad. Now the former all-NCMC pitcher has a group which is much younger, but eager. If the Owls don't yet have the baseball IQ of a veteran club, they at least have a great attitude... 
Spring '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Girls' Soccer: Lady Owls hope to build on winning season
(03/23/09)After years of mediocrity, including back-to-back winless campaigns, the Marshall girls' soccer program achieved a turnaround last year. With the best defensive unit in the NCMC, the Lady Owls overcame a lack of scoring punch to finish 12-8-2, including 7-3 in league play for second place. ... 
Spring '09 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Tennis: Owls continue rebuilding phase
(03/20/09)A young Marshall boys' tennis team barely ended up over .500 against a brutal schedule and wasn't a factor in the NCMC or district tournaments a year ago, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002. With only two of the six singles starters back, the Owls may still be looking at an uphill climb... 
Spring 2009 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Golf: Dusenberrry: Owls looking for 'tremendous improvement'
(03/19/09)After losing three starters to graduation, the Marshall boys' golf team is going to have its work cut out for it when competing against veteran clubs this spring. "We're back at Stage One," Erek Dusenberry noted as he looked ahead to his 23rd season as head coach. "It's basically trying to teach fundamentals."... 
Lady Owl sixth-graders enjoy success
(03/04/09)WARRENSBURG -- A Marshall sixth-grade basketball team recently brought home a trophy. The Lady Owls, coached by Dave Hartley and Matt Hare, won five out of six games for second place at the Warrensburg YES Tournament on Jan. 16-18. Marshall beat three teams from Harrisonville (32-0, 38-6, 34-11), Warrensburg (34-8) and the Jefferson City Red Storm (17-10) before falling to Lee's Summit (24-16) in the title game... 
2009 All-NCMC Basketball Teams
(02/25/09)Boys First Team Second Team Girls First Team Second Team... 
Owls battle to bitter end of difficult season
(02/24/09)MOBERLY -- One might have expected the Marshall boys' basketball team to welcome the end of a hard season. After all, the Owls were long shots to advance out of the Class 4, District 8 Tournament at Moberly, were coming off one of their worst losses of the season three days earlier, a non-competitive 76-22 drubbing at the hands of the fifth-ranked NCMC champion Spartans and had two members of their regular seven-man rotation sidelined with injuries... 
Lady Owls' season ends
(02/24/09)MOBERLY -- There was nothing unusual about the 45-14 loss Moberly handed the Marshall girls' basketball team Monday in the first round of the Class 4, District 9 Tournament at Moberly Area Community College. The Lady Owls came, they saw, and they were conquered...
No state medals for Owls
(02/23/09) COLUMBIA -- After winning his first bout by fall, Marshall senior Dustin Hackett didn't make it through the second day of the MSHSAA Class 2 Wrestling Championships at Columbia. Hackett was sent to the back side of the heavyweight bracket in his opening match Friday, losing an 11-1 major decision to junior Nick Taul of St. ...
Prep Hoops Round-up: Owls close out regular season with 13th straight loss
(02/23/09) MOBERLY -- Fifth-ranked Moberly barely needed to break a sweat Friday to send the Marshall boys' basketball team to its 13 straight loss to end the regular season, 76-22. The Spartans, who had long ago clinched the NCMC championship, broke out to a 16-7 first-quarter lead -- which didn't seem to satisfy them, since they went on a 28-4 tear during the second period to blow the struggling Owls off the court...
Lady Owls finish winless in NCMC
(02/20/09) If here was a glimmer of hope that the Marshall girls' basketball team could avoid being shut out in NCMC play, it was snuffed early in Thursday's regular season finale. The Lady Owls lost to Moberly for the third time this season, 53-16. The visiting Lady Spartans got seven points from sophomore Akelia Rucker to begin the contest with a 22-1 run, all of the points off of Marshall turnovers -- 16 in the first 18 possessions...
Two of three Owls eliminated at state
(02/20/09) COLUMBIA -- And then there was one. Senior Dustin Hackett is all that remains from a small delegation of three Marshall wrestlers at the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships in Columbia. The Owls' two underclassmen -- like Hackett, making their first appearances at the state meet -- were eliminated in the minimum of two rounds Thursday. ...
Two of three Owls eliminated at state
(02/20/09) COLUMBIA -- And then there was one. Senior Dustin Hackett is all that remains from a small delegation of three Marshall wrestlers at the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships in Columbia. The Owls' two underclassmen -- like Hackett, making their first appearances at the state meet -- were eliminated in the minimum of two rounds Thursday. ...
Owls take another hard loss
(02/18/09) HANNIBAL -- If it weren't for bad luck, the Marshall boys' basketball team would have no luck at all. The Owls led throughout most of the game Tuesday at Hannibal, but swooned at the end of a 63-60 NCMC loss -- their 12th loss in a row since beating the Pirates at home in early January... 
Crusaders close out on MVC
(02/17/09)The Missouri Valley College men's basketball team engaged in its second spirited battle of the season against Heart of America Conference contender Evangel, but -- as was the case a month earlier in Springfield -- couldn't pull out the win. Monday's 79-71 loss dropped the Vikings into ninth place in the league standings, a game behind Benedictine for the vital eighth spot in the HAAC Post-season Tournament with four games remaining...
Hannibal hands Lady Owls ninth straight loss
(02/17/09) Hannibal crushed the Marshall girls' basketball team Monday during a 47-10 NCMC road victory. The Lady Pirates blanked the home team during the first quarter, taking a 27-0 lead when sophomore Emma Burditt converted a conventional three-point play early in the second period... 
Kirksville ruins Owls' Senior Night
(02/16/09)The latest "Friday the 13th" movie opened to big crowds nationwide on Friday, the 13th, but on the same night a smaller audience witnessed a different horror. After leading by nine points during the first quarter, the Marshall boys' basketball team was out-gunned 40-25 during the next two frames to lose on Senior Night, 66-54, to NCMC rival Kirksville... 
Three Marshall grapplers going to state tournament
(02/16/09)MEXICO -- The young Marshall wrestling team only had two entries seeded in the top four Saturday at the Class 2, District 2 Tournament in Mexico. The Owls will send three grapplers to the MSHSAA Championships. Senior heavyweight Dustin Hackett was seeded first and freshman Brandon Standley was No. 4 at 112 pounds, and both made it through. Sophomore Mike Marburger, the fifth seed at 140 pounds, also advanced... 
Lady Owls' season ends
(02/16/09)INDEPENDENCE -- Personal records were posted seven times last week by the Marshall girls, but not by enough to keep their swim season from ending. Freshman Allee Barton won two events during the Tom Horn Invitational -- formerly the Independent League Championships -- Wednesday and Thursday at Independence as the Lady Owls came in fifth among nine teams. However, none of Marshall's times met the standards to qualify for the MSHSAA Championships... 
MHS' Barton wins Hickman meet
(02/11/09)COLUMBIA -- It was called the Last Chance Qualifier, but fortunately Saturday's girls' swim meet at Columbia-Hickman wasn't that for the Marshall team. The Lady Owls were unable to get anyone to meet a time standard for an entry into the MSHSAA Championships, but will have one more opportunity today and Thursday at the Tom Horn Invitational in Independence...
No. 8 Helias pulls away from Owls
(02/11/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall boys' basketball team doesn't have the smallest front line around, but was unable to contain Helias' Danny Feldmann. The 6-foot-8 junior center scored 24 points, including eight critical points during the second period, as the eighth-ranked Crusaders rolled to a 68-44 non-conference victory...
Lady Owls swamped by Helias
(02/10/09) JEFFERSON CITY -- Helias didn't bring one of its better clubs in recent memory onto its home court Monday for a non-conference tilt against the Marshall girls' basketball team. It didn't need to in order to dispatch the young Lady Owls, 64-17. The Lady Crusaders scored the game's first 22 points, while Marshall turned the ball over on 12 of 14 first-quarter possessions -- managing only two shots. ... 
Owls' slump reaches nine straight games
(02/09/09)The Marshall boys' basketball team is playing hard enough to compete, but hasn't found ways to win. The Owls' losing streak extended to nine games Friday with a 74-69 home loss to NCMC rival Boonville, which it has played on the road the previous night -- with the same outcome...
Owls swept on road
(02/06/09) The Marshall boys' basketball team couldn't hold on to a 13-point fourth-quarter lead Thursday during a 59-55 NCMC loss at Boonville. The Owls were shorthanded coming in, with junior Matt Buford serving a one-game suspension and two other regular starters on the bench at the tip-off. Marshall's problems became more severe when 6-foot-6 juniors Nathan Cato and Lucas Hart fouled out with nearly six minutes remaining in the contest... 
Lady Owls win four races at Sedalia
(02/05/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' swim team out-scored two of the other three teams competing Tuesday in a triple-dual meet at Sedalia. The Lady Owls beat Lincoln Prep of Kansas City, 141-61, and host Smith-Cotton, 139-129, but came up short against Warrensburg, 151-115... 
MHS, Fulton coaches give boot to cancer
(02/05/09)Coaches from the Marshall and Fulton boys' and girls' basketball teams took part in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Weekend during Saturday's NCMC doubleheader in the MHS gym. The event was sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society. ... 
Moberly spoils Owls' home finale
(02/04/09)The good news for the Marshall wrestling team Tuesday was that the only two seniors in the line-up won their final home matches. The rest of the evening didn't go as well for the Owls, who were stopped by NCMC rival Moberly, 67-12. The Spartans (22-5, 5-1 NCMC), ranked 12th in Class 2 in the latest poll by MissouriWrestling.com, won eight of the other 10 bouts -- including pins by freshman Dillon Johnson (103 pounds), sixth-ranked sophomore Taylor Fowlkes (125), senior Jared Kelly (130), sophomores Dylan Huffman (145) and David Keleher (152) and No. ...
Lady Owls win twice at Hannibal
(02/03/09) HANNIBAL -- A dual meet between the NCMC's lone girls' swimming programs Saturday wound up with a victory for Hannibal over Marshall, the Lady Pirates taking first place in nine of 11 events for an 88-76 advantage. The Lady Owls won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:56.88) behind the quartet of junior Kate Hartley, sophomores MacKenzie Godsey and Katie Wells, and freshman Allee Barton. ... 
Fulton shakes Owls in OT
(02/02/09)Two boys' basketball teams wandering in a wilderness of losses stumbled into Marshall for Courtwarming, with Fulton emerging with a 51-49 overtime victory to end a four-game slump. The Owls lost for the seventh time in a row, third in NCMC play, this one all the more grating because they led by four points with only 1:24 to go... 
Analysis: Lady Owls growing slowly
(02/02/09)League-leading Fulton had little to gain from crushing cellar-dweller Marshall, except as a necessary step toward defending its NCMC girls' basketball title. This wasn't going to be anything like the recent 100-0 game between small Dallas private schools, since Lady Hornets head coach Heather Helsel -- to her everlasting credit -- put junior varsity and freshmen players who weren't even listed in the program on the floor in the first half during the 73-8 victory... 
Owls close in two dual losses
(01/30/09)The young Marshall wrestling team gave two tough Class 3 opponents close matches during a triangular meet Thursday in the Bueker Middle School gym. The Owls tied fifth-ranked NCMC rival Hannibal, 36-36, but lost four of the six bouts, and were beaten by No. 7 Warrensburg, 45-34 -- each club getting four wins on the mat. None of the teams had full line-ups, with four empty weight classes for Marshall, six for the Pirates six and two for the Tigers...
Mexico 65, Marshall 17
(01/30/09) Freshman Danielle Ingrum poured in 24 points Thursday during visiting Mexico's 65-17 NCMC win over the Marshall girls' basketball team. Ingrum scored seven points as the Lady Bulldogs opened with an 18-3 first quarter, extending their lead to 22 points by halftime. Mexico controlled the boards by a 35-21 margin and forced the young Lady Owls to commit 35 turnovers... 
Lady Owls get five medals
(01/28/09)RAYTOWN -- The Marshall girls' swim team had five top-12 finishes in individual events Friday during the 20-school Raytown Invitational. Leading the way for the Lady Owls were sophomores MacKenzie Godsey and Katie Wells with two medals each. Godsey broke her own school record while coming in fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:56.36) and was eighth in a field of 71 entries in the 50 free (27.65 seconds). ...
Owls coach to hold clinic next month
(01/28/09) Marshall head boys' basketball coach Kevin Hart will hold the Winter Basketball Clinic and League each Saturday during the month of February at the Bueker Middle School gym. There will be four sessions each day, split into age groups: fifth and sixth grades from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., seventh and eighth grades from 8:45 to 10 a.m., first and second grades from 10 to 11:15 a.m. and third and fourth grades from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m...
Moberly rolls past Lady Owls
(01/27/09) MOBERLY -- Moberly's defensive pressure was too much for the young Marshall girls' basketball team to handle Monday during a 62-11 NCMC road loss. The Lady Spartans controlled the boards by a 26-12 margin and had 20 fewer turnovers than the 34 they came up with, leading to a whopping 52-25 disparity in field goal attempts...
No. 6 Moberly downs Owls
(01/27/09) The Marshall boys' basketball team tried to battled sixth-ranked Moberly, but didn't have the tools to do so successful Monday during a 62-48 NCMC home loss Monday. What the Owls didn't do was let the game get out of hand, which it had the potential to do after trailing by 12 points at halftime. The Spartans led by only four points after one period, but a 14-6 second quarter -- propelled by senior Denzell Hayes' seven points -- provided the double-digit margin... 
Godsey a winner for Lady Owls
(01/23/09)WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall girls' swim team had 10 top-six medalists Wednesday at the Warrensburg Invitational. Leading the way for the Lady Owls was sophomore MacKenzie Godsey, who won the 200-yard freestyle (2:15.18) by 2.84 seconds over freshman teammate Allee Barton (2:18.02). Junior Kate Hartley (2:32.27) was fifth in the same event...
Fulton dispenses with Owls, 55-18
(01/23/09) FULTON -- It was another difficult road trip Thursday for the young, thin Marshall wrestling team. Two days after being shut out at Kirksville, 78-0, the Owls went through another match without a win during a 55-18 loss to NCMC rival Fulton. All of Marshall's points came from defaults, the 11th-ranked Hornets (8-6, 2-1 NCMC) winning all seven bouts on the mat -- five by fall... 
Lady Owls finally taste success
(01/26/09)SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' basketball team had been expected to win its first game of the season sometime during the Smith-Cotton Classic at Sedalia last week. The only question was when the Lady Owls, seeded fifth out of eight teams, would break through...
Northeast rallies to nip Lady Owls
(01/22/09) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' basketball team was closing in on its first win of the season Wednesday, but couldn't close the deal. Northeast of Kansas City went on a 13-2 run during the fourth quarter to turn a five-point deficit to a 55-51 decision over the Lady Owls in the first round of the McDonalds/Smith-Cotton Classic at Sedalia...
Kirksville blanks Owls, 78-0
(01/21/09) KIRKSVILLE -- In 14 years as the Marshall wrestling head coach, Jim Heinzler's team had never been on the wrong end of a shutout. The whitewash finally struck Tuesday at Kirksville, where the Tigers -- ranked third in Class 2 by MissouriWrestling.com -- romped to a 78-0 NCMC victory...
Owls drop fourth straight
(01/21/09) The Marshall boys' basketball team never completely recovered from a slow start Tuesday during a 58-43 non-conference loss to visiting Warrensburg. Sophomore Layton Moore buried a pair of three-pointers as the Tigers opened with a 12-0 run. Moore would hit five shots from outside and finish with a game-high 19 points... 
Hackett, Hodges take first for Owls
(01/20/09)PLATTSBURG -- Seniors Dustin Hackett and Cody Hodges swept through their opposition unbeaten Saturday for gold medals for the Marshall wrestling team at the Plattsburg Invitational. Despite five vacant weight classes, the Owls finished seventh in the 10-team field -- which included four of the top 10 Class 1 teams from last year's MSHSAA Championships -- with 134.5 points...
Lady Owls eighth at S-C
(01/20/09) SEDALIA --Marshall girls' swimmers broke 10 personal records Saturday in the Smith-Cotton Invitational at Sedalia. The Lady Owls were eight out 14 teams in the standings with 175 points. Kearney (289 points) slipped by St. Teresa's (274) and Hannibal (259) for the title... 
Owls drop final two games at Sedalia
(01/19/09)SEDALIA -- If the Marshall boys' basketball team doesn't again see the Sedalia High gym, that would probably suit it just fine. The Owls dropped to 0-4 at the venue this season with a pair of losses over the weekend at the State Farm/Smith-Cotton Classic. Marshall couldn't hold on to a late lead Friday during a 65-57 loss to NCMC rival Kirksville in the consolation semifinal, then trailed early Saturday to drop the seventh-place game to Westport of Kansas City, 68-57... 
Prep Hoops Round-up: No. 1 Rock Bridge subdues Owls
(01/13/09)SEDALIA -- There was no shocking David-slays-Goliath moments Monday for the underdog Marshall boys' basketball team. The Owls were offered as cannon fodder to top seed Rock Bridge, ranked No. 1 in Class 5, in the first round of the Smith-Cotton Classic at Sedalia -- and were easily dismantled by the unbeaten Bruins, 72-26... 
Prep Hoops Round-up: Owls end five-game slump
(01/12/09)The Marshall boys' basketball team's 15-6 start carried it to victory and the end of a five-game losing streak Friday with a 39-30 NCMC decision over visiting Hannibal. Senior Chris McCoy hit a pair of three-pointers for the Owls during the opening period, but the game settled into a defensive slugfest. Two bombs from senior Ian Hatton helped the Pirates, coached by Missouri Valley College grad Matt Pugh, to within six points at halftime... 
Hackett golden for Owls
(01/12/09)It's the type of tale usually seen from Hollywood: local boy overcomes tragedy and adversity to triumph. Marshall senior Dustin Hackett's saga may be writ slightly small for the big screen, but is nonetheless inspiring. He claimed his first prep wrestling championship Saturday by winning all four of his bouts in the 36th Marshall Invitational, with a performance as dominating as seen by any Owl heavyweight since senior B.J. Coslett won the MSHSAA Class 2 title in 2003... 
Owls' comeback ruined in OT
(01/09/09)Sometimes the most entertaining basketball games aren't between highly-ranked teams playing for big stakes. Thursday's non-conference mid-season clash at Marshall was just one of those contests, as neither the Owls nor Oak Grove had won in nearly a month. Yet, they battled as though the state title was at stake, with the Panthers pulling out a 64-61 overtime decision after blowing a 15-point second-half lead... 
Owls claim first NCMC mat win
(01/08/09)BOONVILLE -- The Marshall wrestling team won four of the last five bouts Wednesday for a come-from-behind 45-36 NCMC victory at Boonville. Each team defaulted two weight classes, with the Owls winning six of the 10 bouts. The Pirates notched three pins -- by freshman Josiah Searfoss (103 pounds), senior Shane Twenter (125) and sophomore Nathan Hoff (135) to open up a 24-9 lead. ...
Two Owls ninth at Springfield meet
(01/07/09) SPRINGFIELD -- The Marshall boys' wrestling team didn't walk away with any medals over the weekend at the Springfield Holiday Tournament, but two grapplers topped the second tier. The Owls, filling only nine of the 14 weight classes, finished 23rd in the 24-team field with 61.5 points. Ozark claimed the title by a 454- to 438-point margin over defending champion Monett. A year ago, with a squad laden with state-qualifying seniors, Marshall placed fourth... 
Two soccer Owls named all-state
(01/07/09)JEFFERSON CITY -- Two members of the Marshall boys' soccer team were named to the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association's all-state squad for the 2008 campaign. Senior forward Chris McCoy was selected for first-team recognition, while senior defender Melvin Moreno was an honorable mention pick... 
Prep Hoops Round-up: Owls lose NCMC road game
(01/07/09)KIRKSVILLE -- The Marshall boys' basketball team had its most productive offensive showing of the season Tuesday. Unfortunately, the Owls' defense, which had allowed only 52.1 points per game during the season, was unable to stop NCMC rival Kirksville during an 88-70 road loss... 
Owls buried by Kearney, 63-29
(01/05/09)KEARNEY -- New year, same result. Last February, Kearney ended the Marshall boys' basketball team's season with a hard-fought 55-45 decision in the semifinal round of the Class 4, District 14 Tournament. In Friday's rematch, the defending district champions didn't let the visitors Owls hang around in their non-conference clash with a 63-29 victory to begin 2009...
Lady Owls shot down in Columbia
(01/05/09) COLUMBIA -- Traditional mid-Missouri Class 5 girls' basketball power Columbia-Hickman thought it lost a lot from last year's 20-win team. The Kewpies, though, have nothing on Marshall -- which doesn't have a starter left from a Class 4 playoff squad. Hickman, who hadn't played the Lady Owls in nearly six years, had little problem disposing of the non-conference visitors Friday, 59-17... 
Owls edged out by Smith-Cotton
(12/23/08)SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' basketball team lost its third straight road game Monday, and it wasn't hard to see why. The Owls squandered almost the entire first quarter on offense and didn't take advantage of opportunities down the stretch. Still, their hard work on the defensive end was nearly enough to win during a 52-49 non-conference loss at Smith-Cotton... 
Lady Owls pick up five gold medals
(12/19/08)The Marshall girls' swim team opened the season with two meets in four days, winning five events along the way. The Lady Owls won twice during the Marshall Invitational on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Salt Fork YMCA pool. They finished second to Hannibal, which returned a strong sophomore class, although team scoring was unavailable at press time... 
Boonville smothers Lady Owls
(12/16/08)Head coach Tom Hayob knew rebuilding the Marshall girls' basketball program around a core of young, untested players "would be a process." He could have used several words in front of "process," like "long" and "hard," which visiting Boonville made evident Monday with a 50-15 rout of the winless Lady Owls...
Four Owls medal at Kirksville
(12/16/08) KIRKSVILLE -- Young Marshall wrestlers received some hard on-the-job training over the weekend against a strong field at the Kirksville Tiger Invitational. Filling only nine of the 14 weight classes, it was hardly surprising that the Owls were last in the eight-team field with a mere 78 points. After all, first-place Kirksville (333 points), runner up Odessa (200) and the three teams which followed them -- Hannibal (176), Nixa (155) and Brookfield (136.5) -- are all state-ranked... 
Fulton protects home court against Owls
(12/15/08)FULTON -- The Marshall boys' basketball team, after some initial struggles, has found ways to defend its home court. Now the Owls have to figure out how to win on the road, never an easy proposition in the far-flung NCMC. They weren't able to do it Friday at Fulton, dropping a 49-36 decision...
Lady Owls come up short on road
(12/15/08) CHILLICOTHE -- The Marshall girls' basketball team fought all the way back from a double-digit deficit Saturday, but faltered at the end of a 42-39 non-conference loss at Chillicothe. The Lady Hornets lived at the free-throw line, scoring more from the stripe than from the field in sinking 22 of 32 chances -- including five of six down the stretch after the visitors had taken the lead... 
Lady Owls young, but savvy
(12/13/08)There's not a senior to be found anywhere near the Marshall girls' swim team this season. Nor a junior, either. Instead, the Lady Owls' roster consists entirely of six freshmen and five sophomores. However, as head coach Jim Heinzler noted, they're not exactly wet behind the ears -- except in the literal sense... 
Owls fall in pair of duals
(12/11/08)Marshall wrestlers won 10 of 17 bouts, but weren't able to convert that into a team victory during two home dual matches Wednesday. The Owls had four open weight classes, giving their opponents 24 automatic points, but that wasn't entirely responsible for their first loss -- a 44-32 contest against Mexico to begin NCMC play...
Owls open NCMC play with win over Mexico
(12/10/08) During his previous 11-year stint as Marshall head boys' basketball coach, Kevin Hart's teams won an enviable 184 games -- none against NCMC rival Mexico. That skein was snapped Tuesday during the first conference game of Hart's return to the bench, the Owls lead most of the way for a 45-36 home victory... 
2008 All-State Football
(12/10/08)When Marshall and Sweet Springs return for football practice next fall, each will have an all-state player to lead their offenses. Juniors Matt Jacobs and Zach Thomas were accorded the honor by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, both chosen to the second team on the list released today...
Two Owls unbeaten at KC tourney
(12/10/08) KANSAS CITY -- Marshall seniors Jerrad Kelly and Dustin Hackett went unbeaten during the Park Hill Tournament, a series of five dual matches Saturday at Kansas City. Kelly, a 160-pounder, won all five of his bouts by fall and Hackett was 4-0 -- all pins -- against his heavyweight opponents. ... 
Owls break through for first win
(12/09/08)The Marshall boys' basketball team began the season with a pair of overtime losses, and it appeared for a moment Monday it would be forced into third extended contest. However, strong free-throw shooting down the stretch prevented an ill-fated outcome and gave the Owls a 64-47 non-conference home win over traditional nemesis Chillicothe...
Prep Hoops Round-up: Lady Owls falter in NCMC debut
(12/09/08) MEXICO -- The Marshall girls' basketball team wasn't able to offer much resistance to Mexico during its NCMC opener Monday, dropping a 63-20 road contest. Led by freshman Danielle Ingram's nine points, the Lady Bulldogs rolled out to a 19-8 start -- all of the Lady Owls' points coming from senior Jessica Harriman and sophomore Kelsey Griffin. ... 
Marshall teams remain winless
(12/08/08)The Marshall boys' and girls' basketball teams didn't even get a consolation prize for a week's worth of activity in their own tournament, both losing the Friday's fifth-place games of the Dairy Queen Shoot-out. The Owls had taken its two previous opponents, Versailles and Grain Valley, into overtime before losing -- but couldn't stay close enough to do the same against Smith-Cotton, which won handily, 63-34... 
Owls lose second OT decision
(12/05/08)The Marshall boys' basketball team is showing it can hang tough with more experienced opponents, but has not yet learned out how to close out games with wins. For the second time in as many outings this season, the Owls went to overtime Thursday before dropping a 43-41 decision to Grain Valley in pool play of the Dairy Queen Shoot-out in the MHS gym... 
Marshall's Weber to join Fighting Irish
(12/04/08)There was little reason to believe when he first entered the pool as a little tow-headed boy, Mason Weber could swim his way to the Golden Dome. However, the opportunities created by his talent and hard work eventually became apparent. "Once I got to high school and started swimming at state, I started looking at colleges," said Weber, a Marshall senior who Tuesday signed an NCAA letter-of-intent with the University of Notre Dame. ... 
Four Owls make all-district squad
(12/04/08)JEFFERSON CITY -- Four members of the Marshall football team were voted to the Class 4 all-Central District squad by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Seniors Cody Hodges and Marty Kays and juniors Matt Jacobs and Nathan Cato were the Owls selected. All four were all-NCMC picks... 
Owls drop OT debut
(12/03/08)Senior Dalton Sidebottom scored nine points off the bench during the final 12 minutes Tuesday as Versailles came from behind to beat the Marshall boys' basketball team, 55-51 in overtime during the MHS/MVC Shoot-out. The Owls opened the season by leading at the end of every quarter but the fourth one... 
Crum wins gold medal in powerlifting competition
(12/03/08)EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Marshall junior Andy Crum was the gold medal winner in the unequipped Teen 2 145-kilogram division of the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation World Championships on Nov. 22 at Evansville, Ind. Crum (above), 17, a 6-foot-5, 349-pound offensive guard on the Owls football team, was fifth among all age groups in his weight category. He competed for the American squad against teams from 14 other countries...
Prep Hoops Round-up: Lady Owls drop season opener to Warrensburg
(12/02/08) The Marshall girls' basketball team saw its season get off to an expected rough start, having had to replace four starters from a Class 4 playoff squad, during Monday's opener of the MHS/MVC Shoot-out. Senior Tamara Cooks buried five three-pointers for Warrensburg for a 60-36 victory over the Lady Owls. Cooks tallied 21 points, 13 during a first half which saw the Lady Tigers take a 33-22 lead... 
McCoy tabbed region's POY
(12/01/08)Marshall senior Chris McCoy is the "player of the year" in the Class 2 Central Region, chosen by Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association. McCoy (above), a four-time all-NCMC forward broke the school record with 37 goals while leading the Owls to an 18-7 record and 9-3 mark to tie for second place in the league standings. He also had 14 assists for a total of 88 points... 
Owls grappling with low numbers
(11/25/08)The Marshall High mat room may seem like a mighty lonely place this year. In his previous 13 seasons as head coach, Jim Heinzler has never finished with fewer than 19 wrestlers. For 2009, he begins the campaign with only 17, of which just two are returning starters... 
Owls 10th at state swim meet
(11/21/08)ST. PETERS -- Marshall senior Mason Weber wound up his all-America prep swimming career Saturday with 10 state medals, but none of them gold. "It was disappointing -- really, really disappointing," admitted Weber after repeating his second-place performance in the final of the 100-yard breaststroke (56.48 seconds), his last event -- one in which he entered the MSHSAA Championships at St. Peters as the No. 1 seed... 
Two Lady Owls, four Chiefs named all-region
(11/13/08)The Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association selected two Marshall players for the 2008 all-region team. Seniors Maddy Keller, an all-NCMC pick, and Stephanie Heinzler were both on the Class 3 Central/South Central Region second-team list, Keller, 5-foot-7 outside hitter, led the Lady Owls (11-14-4) with 2.9 kills and 3.2 dogs per game. Heinzler is a 5-1 setter who provided a team-high 6.0 assists per game... 
Owls second at metro meet
(11/11/08)KANSAS CITY -- Combine the talented swimmers from Marshall with a fast pool, and records are bound to be broken. That's what the Owls did in abundance last week at the Tom Horn Invitational in Kansas City's Central High pool, winning seven of the nine events they entered for second place behind defending state champion Rockhurst, 185 to 114 points... 
Marshall's Wells medals at state meet
(11/10/08)JEFFERSON CITY -- Sophomore Katie Wells became the first Marshall girls to win a state medal in cross country in the 21st Century on Saturday at Jefferson City. Wells covered the 3.1-mile course at Oak Hills Golf Center in 20:31 to finish 23rd out of 157 runners in the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships... 
Helias ends Owls' turnaround season
(11/05/08)MOBERLY -- Sixth-ranked Helias enjoyed an Obama-like landslide over the Marshall boys' soccer team on Election Day. The Jefferson City squad was the only opponent to score as many as four goals on the Owls during the regular season, and did it again Tuesday with a 4-2 victory in the semifinal round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly... 
Wells wins, two more Owls qualify for state
(11/04/08)MOBERLY -- Like the old Avis car rental commercials, Katie Wells may often be second, but she tries harder. However, after being the runner up in five of her nine previous cross country meets this season, the Marshall sophomore was finally first across the finish line Saturday during the Class 3, District 5 Championships at Moberly... 
Owls close season third in NCMC
(11/03/08)KIRKSVILLE -- Wins have been few for a young Marshall football team facing one of the toughest schedules imaginable, but at least it was able to close the season with a positive feeling. The Owls used their relentless ground attack and made the stops they needed on defense Friday for a 22-12 Class 4, District 8 victory at Kirksville to share third place in the NCMC...
Owls cruise in district opener
(11/03/08) MOBERLY -- Senior Chris McCoy scored four goals Saturday as the Marshall boys' soccer team began play in the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly with a 10-3 victory over Chillicothe. The third-seeded Owls dominated play with a 24-5 advantage in shots on goals and 13-2 edge in corner kicks. Both teams suffered an "own" goal, the Hornets in the first half to lead to a 5-0 deficit... 
Owls finish NCMC season with win
(10/31/08)MEXICO -- Junior Alex Tapia scored three goals in the final four minutes of the first half Thursday during the Marshall boys' soccer team's 9-0 NCMC romp at Mexico. The 11th-ranked Owls closed the regular season tied for second place in the league standings with Fulton, both two games behind Moberly... 
Owls close at Kirksville
(10/31/08)The new MSHSAA football playoff system, in which half the teams in the state reach the post-season, was supposed to minimize games in which no prize is at stake. However, when Marshall kicks off at Kirksville tonight, both clubs will know that it will make the end of the season. The Class 4, District 9 title was settled Thursday, when eight-ranked Helias defeated No. 9 Hannibal, 38-20... 
Lady Owls ousted from District 15
(10/30/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- There will be no three-peat for the Marshall girls' volleyball team. The two-time defending Class 3, District 15 Tournament champion didn't make it past the semifinal round Wednesday, host Excelsior Springs beating the Lady Owls, 27-25, 25-22, despite being down 10-0 to start the first game... 
Owls win three events at Webb City
(10/29/08)WEBB CITY -- The Marshall boys' swim team came home with three gold medals Tuesday after competing in the Webb City Duals. Although the Owls, with only six athletes available, only won one of the five head-to-head match-up in points -- beating Springfield-Greenwood, 80-0 -- their slim entry list stacked up against the best... 
Marshall boys capture Richmond Invitational title
(10/28/08)RICHMOND -- The Marshall boys' cross country team placed five runners in the top 24 Thursday to take the championship of the Richmond Invitational. All five scorers improved their times on the course from a year ago for the Owls' third meet title of the season, having earlier won at Smith-Cotton and Clinton... 
Lady Owls finish season at state
(10/27/08)SPRINGFIELD -- Junior Virginia Hutcherson and freshman Haley Evans closed out the season for the Marshall girls' tennis team by losing two of three matches over the weekend at the MSHSAA Class 1 Individual Championships in Springfield. The Lady Owls' double entry opened Friday with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to the team of senior Corrine Walther and sophomore Samantha Hornbarger of Visitation Academy in St. ... 
Hannibal escapes with win over Owls to make playoffs
(10/27/08)The young Marshall football team had ninth-ranked Hannibal on the ropes Friday. But like a punch-drunk heavyweight, the Pirates landed a 15th-round haymaker for a knockout blow which gives them a shot at the title of Class 4, District 9 to go along with their NCMC crown... 
No. 9 Hannibal another tough foe for Owls
(10/24/08)Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas is still scratching his head over last week's 55-18 loss at ninth-ranked Helias in the Class 4, District 9 opener. "This is the first time I've had a team gain 361 yards rushing and not won," he remarked. "We really moved the football up and down the field on a good team."... 
Lamberson places seventh in state
(10/22/08)NIXA -- Marshall junior Morgan Lamberson once again proved to be one of Missouri's top golfing girls. Putting together back-to-back rounds of 83 on the par-71 Fremont Hills Country Club course at Nixa on Monday and Tuesday, Lamberson tied for seventh in the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships... 
Owls nearly pull off sweep at home
(10/22/08)Ten events, ten wins Tuesday for the Marshal boys' swim team during Tuesday's triangular meet in the Salt Fork YMCA. If the Owls had the numbers to put an entry into the 400-yard freestyle relay finale, they may have recorded a sweep. Otherwise it was a dominating performance, Marshall (71 points) easily out-distancing Kearney (47) and Harrisonville (45)... 
Marshall boys, girls second in NCMC meet
(10/22/08)HANNIBAL -- Both the Marshall boys' and girls' cross country team claimed four medals Saturday to finish second in NCMC Championships at Hannibal. The Owls put five runners into the top 15 to tally 50 points, eight behind winner Mexico -- paced by senior Hayden Legg, who reclaimed the conference title he won in 2006 after losing it Marshall Invitational champion David Huskisson of Kirksville last year... 
Lamberson in medal contention
(10/21/08)NIXA -- Marshall junior Morgan Lamberson is in the hunt for a second all-state golf medal as the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships head into the second round at Nixa. Lamberson shot an 83 Monday on par-71 Fremont Hills Country Club to settled into seventh place in the field of 121 golfers. Meanwhile, senior teammate Jade Jenkins is tied for 41st place after firing a 99 in the first round... 
Owl swimmers keep on winning
(10/21/08)The Marshall boys' swim team may not have the depth to score a lot of points, but it sure knows how to win. That was proven over the weekend, when the Owls competed in two meets in as many days -- taking first place in seven of 11 events both Friday in the Marshall Invitational and Saturday at the Smith-Cotton Invitational... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls bumped in tennis sectional
(10/20/08)ST. JOSEPH -- The Marshall girls' tennis team gave it what it had Saturday, but it wasn't enough against unbeaten host Bishop LeBlond during the Class 1, Section 4 Tournament at St. Joseph. The Lady Owls won only two of six singles matches during a 5-2 semifinal loss. While freshman Amy Van swept her match at No. 6, 6-1, 6-3, it took senior Kim Van three hours and 20 minutes to come from behind for a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4 victory over junior Lauren Looney at No. 4... 
No. 9 Helias rocks Owls, 55-18
(10/20/08)JEFFERSON CITY -- The late NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi used to preach that "you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time." It was Lombardi's belief that games can change on two or three plays, "and you never know which ones they will be." The Marshall football team was taught that hard lesson Saturday, when ninth-ranked Helias scored in bunches, capitalizing on one opportunity after another, for a 55-18 Class 4, District 4 home win... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls claim NCMC golf title
(10/15/08)MOBERLY -- Junior Morgan Lamberson birdied the final three holes Tuesday at Moberly Country Club to lead the Marshall girls' golf team to the NCMC Tournament championship. Lamberson trailed Moberly sophomore Alyson Mongler by two strokes at the turn, but then zipped through the back nine with a one-under-par 34. She birdied holes 13, 16, 17 and 18 and had two pars and three bogeys coming in... 
Owls win Clinton meet
(10/14/08)CLINTON -- The Marshall boys' cross country team claimed their second championship of the season Saturday by placing first in the Large School Division of the Clinton Invitational. Six of the Owls' seven entries medaled by finishing in the top 16 of 28-runner field, basically forming two packs. ... 
Marshall extends net playoff streak
(10/13/08)Despite a young line-up, the Marshall girls' tennis program extended its streak of appearances in the MSHSAA playoff system to 22 years Saturday by finishing second in the Class 1, District 7 Tournament on its home court. The Lady Owls also sent an entry to the MSHSAA Individual Championships at Springfield on Oct. 24-25 as junior Virginia Hutcherson and freshman Haley Evans came in second in doubles. Hutcherson made the same trip last year with then-senior Ali Brandt as her partner... 
Lady Owls' season ends at Boonville
(10/13/08)BOONVILLE -- The Marshall softball team's season ended later than it had ever done before, and too soon for the Lady Owls' liking, Friday with a 5-0 loss to host Boonville in the Class 3, District 13 Tournament semifinal round...
Owls win Independence soccer tourney title
(10/13/08) INDEPENDENCE -- Senior Chris McCoy scored five goals Saturday to lead the Marshall boys' soccer team to two victories for the championship of the Independence Tournament. McCoy connected four times and had two assists during a 6-2 win over William Chrisman in the opener. ... 
Owls pull off upset of No. 8 Moberly
(10/13/08)Could the Marshall football team permanently adopt Pink and Black as its official colors? "We might as well," joked head coach Paul Thomas after watching the Owls show none of the powderpuff tendencies the pink jersey numerals, worn to commemorate Cancer Awareness Week at Fitzgibbon Hospital, might imply during Friday's solid 28-13 victory over eighth-ranked defending NCMC champion Moberly... 
Lady Owls get first district win
(10/09/08)BOONVILLE -- For a young program, development occurs in increments. The Marshall softball program took what head coach Danielle Callanan called "a big step forward" Wednesday with an 8-2 victory over Clinton in the first round of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament at Boonville... 
Marshall harriers win six medals
(10/09/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- The Marshall boys' cross country team had four runners medal Tuesday during the Excelsior Springs Invitational. Senior Matt Bledsoe (18:01) led the pack with a 10th-place finish, more than two minutes faster than his time on the course in 2006 -- the meet having been rained out last year. Senior Phillip Perkins (18:15) came in 15th, sophomore Damon Thompson (18:31) 24th and senior Alex Jenkins (18:44) 29th in a field of 85 runners... 
Records tumble for Owls
(10/08/08)INDEPENDENCE -- The Marshall boys' swimmers may have seemed like minnows in a sea of sharks Saturday at the Independence Invitational, but they had the bite of piranhas. The Owls tied for fifth place in a field of 21 varsity teams, almost all of them large metro schools, and won three of the nine events they entered -- setting three school and nine personal records. This was with four individual varsity entries and five in the junior varsity, which finished in 11th place among 22 teams... 
Lady Owls second in district
(10/07/08)The Marshall girls' golf team may have looked pretty in pink, but the swings weren't so appealing. The Lady Owls knew heading into the Class 1, District 4 Tournament at Marshall that Southern Boone would be the team to beat, having finished ahead of them by 27 points two weeks earlier in the California Tournament... 
Lady Owls miss title by one point
(10/06/08)MOBERLY -- The Marshall girls' cross country team came within a point of upending the host school Thursday at the Moberly Invitational. Think of what the Lady Owls could have done if completely healthy. The Lady Spartans won the meet with a score of 57 points, with Marshall at 58 points and third-place South Shelby tallying 59. ... 
Kirksville bests Lady Owls for NCMC title
(10/06/08)KIRKSVILLE -- Marshall head girls' tennis coach Susan Carney doesn't like to conceded anything, any time. However, it was apparent after Kirksville beat the Lady Owls for the championship of the Marshall Tournament two weeks earlier that the Lady Tigers had the upper hand... 
Owls drop two-OT thriller
(10/06/08)FULTON -- The Fulton Hornets could well be saying to themselves, 'There but for the grace of Gogolak go we.' The Hornets' ability to kick an extra point made the difference Friday in a 35-34 NCMC victory over visiting Marshall. While senior Jeremy Lane may not compared equally to the Gogolak brothers who popularized soccer-style placekicking in the NFL, his conversion ended the second overtime period with a Fulton win... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls beat mid-Mo foe
(10/03/08)The Marshall girls' tennis team won five of six singles matches Thursday en route to a 7-2 non-conference home victory over Class 2 Columbia-Hickman. Junior Dina Kaissi, a state qualifier last year, gave the Lady Owls their only losses with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of junior Virginia Hutcherson at No. 1 singles and 8-1 decision over Hutcherson and freshman Haley Evans at No. 1 doubles... 
Owls hope to have found secret to success
(10/03/08)After four straight losses, Marshall's first win of the season last week may not have cured all that ailed a young football team, but it sure helps. "It makes it a lot easier to go back to practice," remarked Owls head coach Paul Thomas. "Now we have to sustain it."...
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls beat mid-Mo foe
(10/03/08) The Marshall girls' tennis team won five of six singles matches Thursday en route to a 7-2 non-conference home victory over Class 2 Columbia-Hickman. Junior Dina Kaissi, a state qualifier last year, gave the Lady Owls their only losses with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of junior Virginia Hutcherson at No. 1 singles and 8-1 decision over Hutcherson and freshman Haley Evans at No. 1 doubles...
Mexico turns tables on Lady Owls
(10/02/08) MEXICO -- "Revenge is a dish best served cold," goes the proverb, and it's one the Marshall softball team regrettably understands. Mexico did to the Lady Owls what was done to it earlier in the season, coming from behind with a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday for a 4-3 NCMC home win. Marshall began the season by beating the Lady Bulldogs, also 4-3 on its last at-bat... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls win Marshall Invitational
(10/01/08)The Marshall girls' golf team couldn't have had a much better tune-up for the upcoming Class 1, District 4 Tournament. The Lady Owls put together some of their best 18-hole rounds of the season Tuesday to win the inaugural Marshall Invitational on Indian Foothills Golf Course, the site for Monday's district meet. ... 
MHS Round-up: Owl swimmers win six events at Sedalia
(09/30/08)SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' swimming team added three more state-qualifying times and set eight personal records Thursday during a triple-dual meet at Sedalia. The Owls won six of nine events, taking the top two spots in three of them, but didn't dominate in the team scoring: beating Harrisonville (97-38), tying Platte County (80-80) and losing to host Smith-Cotton (92-82)...
Lady Owls fourth at SoCal tourney
(09/29/08) MOKANE -- The Marshall softball team won the first game of the South Callaway Tournament, Saturday at Mokane, but then dropped the next two to finish in fourth place. The Lady Owls' 6-5 decision over Mark Twain ended a seven-game losing streak. Marshall scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, freshman Allie Bockstetter's two-run single being the big blow... 
Six Owls medal in home meet
(09/29/08)For two young Marshall runners with shiny futures, sophomore Katie Wells and freshman Arozo Shahabzada don't have to look far ahead of them to see the glint of gold. For the second meet in a row, the Lady Owls' duo finished a cross country race in second and third places, Saturday at the Marshall Invitational. ... 
Owls blank Mexico, end slide
(09/30/08)Whether it was Homecoming, or a pre-game speech by former Marshall football great Tim Brown, or simply being tired of losing, the Owls ended a six-game losing streak Friday against the team they last beat with a 22-0 shutout of NCMC rival Mexico. "What a relief for our kids to play like that," declared Marshall head coach Paul Thomas. "They were looking 0-5 in the face and they fought their way out of there."...
MYFL games to be held Saturday
(09/25/08) The Marshall Youth Football League will host teams from Boonville, Columbia and Sedalia on Cecil Naylor Field for four games Saturday. The event gets under way a 4 p.m. with the fourth-graders playing. The third grade team will kick off at 5:30, followed by the fifth grade at 7 and sixth grade at 8:30...
Cecil Naylor golf tourney coming
(09/25/08) The sixth annual Cecil Naylor Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, starting at 8:30 a.m., on the Indian Foothills Golf Course in Marshall. The tourney is named after the legendary Owls coach, a charter member of the Missouri Football Coaches Hall of Fame, and gives out financial aid annual to deserving Marshall High School seniors...
Cecil Naylor golf tourney coming
(09/25/08) The sixth annual Cecil Naylor Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, starting at 8:30 a.m., on the Indian Foothills Golf Course in Marshall. The tourney is named after the legendary Owls coach, a charter member of the Missouri Football Coaches Hall of Fame, and gives out financial aid annual to deserving Marshall High School seniors...
PP&K winners announced
(09/25/08) Seven athletes from Marshall won their age divisions Saturday during the NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick competition held in the Lyon Bowl at Indian Foothills Park. The contest, hosted by the Marshall Parks and Recreation Department and Marshall Optimist Club, measures distances each athlete attains throwing, punting and kicking a football... 
Lady Owls beat district foe
(09/24/08)The Marshall volleyball team used a superior net game Tuesday for a 25-16, 20-25, 25-17 non-conference home win over Oak Grove. It was a needed win for the Lady Owls, since it may help their seeding for the Class 3, District 15 Tournament at Excelsior Springs -- which the Lady Panthers (3-9) will also attend... 
Lamberson wins big at California
(09/24/08)CALIFORNIA -- Morgan Lamberson was hot like few high school girls' golfers get hot Tuesday. Marshall's all-state junior tore up the front nine holes of the California Country Club course with a two-under-par 34 to win the California Tournament by an impressive 12 strokes... 
Marshall netters blank Lady Dawgs
(09/23/08)MEXICO -- The Marshall girls' tennis team won its third straight NCMC match Monday with a 12-0 shutout at Mexico. The Lady Owls mostly rolled through their singles matches, the closest one being a 10-7 victory at No. 5 for senior Olivia Butler over senior Allison Swopes. Juniors Virginia Hutcherson (10-2), Kara Ward (10-4) and Kim Van (10-1) and freshmen Haley Evans (10-0) and Amy Van (10-1) got through without too much difficulty...
Boonville gets past Lady Owls, 5-2
(09/23/08) It didn't get the win Monday, but the Marshall softball team closed the gap a little bit on NCMC rival Boonville. The Lady Owls lost the first meeting with their next-door neighbor, 10-0, on Sept. 2, but the home rematch was a competitive 5-2 decision. That may not be entirely satisfying to Marshall, which has dropped five straight games since downing Hannibal, 8-6, two weeks ago... 
Owls win Smith-Cotton Invitational
(09/23/08)SEDALIA -- As "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan professes, "there's power in the pack." That's as true in cross country as in canine rehabilitation, which the Marshall boys proved Saturday while taking the championship of the Smith-Cotton Invitational at Sedalia... 
Fourth Marshall swimmer posts state qualifying time
(09/23/08)HANNIBAL -- Junior Khris Ward was already assured of a return to the MSHSAA Boys' Swimming Championships as part of Marshall's two relay teams. On Friday, he also punched his ticket for the first time individually. His second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, in a personal-best time of 57.47 seconds, made him the fourth member of the relay quartet to also record a state qualifying mark in a solo event... 
Lady Owls second at home tourney
(09/22/08)There are some striking similarities between the Marshall girls' tennis team of 2004 and this season's club. Just as then, the Lady Owls had to replace four of their top six players. That group went on to win the NCMC and district titles that year, but was the last one to settle for second place in the Marshall Tournament, losing a 5-4 match to Kirksville... 
Lady Owls drop NCMC match
(09/22/08)The Marshall girls' volleyball team inflicted nearly as much damage on itself than it did on visiting Hannibal during Saturday's 25-13, 25-22 NCMC loss. The Lady Owls tallied 13 kills, but gave up 20 points on errors, including nine shots sent out of bounds. Senior Lacey Hagan and junior Camille Hackamack each had seven spikes for the Lady Pirates... 
Owls fall to 0-4 as defense surrenders big plays to Boonville
(09/22/08)BOONVILLE -- The Marshall football team's porous defense made winless Boonville look like one of the three state-ranked teams the Owls had previously played. The Pirates nearly doubled their total offense for the season by racking up 417 yards Friday during a 33-13 NCMC home win. Marshall stayed close early, but four straight Boonville touchdowns, two separated by only three plays and all covering at least 25 yards, turned it into a rout...
MHS softball: Marshall 0-2 at softball tourney
(09/22/08) TRENTON -- The Marshall softball team was unable to get its bats going Saturday while losing two pool games in the North Central College Tournament at Trenton. The Lady Owls fell to NCMC rival Moberly in the opener, 7-1, and were blanked by Jefferson of Conception Junction, 6-0...
MHS soccer: Owls split, take second at meet
(09/22/08) MOBERLY -- The Marshall boys' soccer team survived a ragged start Saturday to reach the finals of the Spartan Invitational at Moberly, only to lose a close match to the hosts. The Owls downed Kirksville, 2-0, in the semifinal round, although head coach Josh Posegate noted that they "came out sluggish and sloppy." The Tigers (2-7) were given a fine performance in goal by junior Marshall Allen, who stopped 19 shots on goal... 
NCMC opener provides Owls with fresh start
(09/19/08)A brutal non-conference schedule has gotten the 2008 campaign off to a rough start for the young Marshall football team. Head coach Paul Thomas is offering no excuses for last week's 55-0 loss at No. 8 Smith-Cotton -- the most points allowed by the Owls since being whipped by Carrollton, 59-19, in 1952 -- but allows that "it's kind of nice" to be getting some healthy players back...
MHS Round-up: Owls keep rolling with 10-0 win
(09/19/08) Senior Chris McCoy and freshman Erik Moreņo each scored three goals Thursday as the Marshall boys' soccer team made short work of Montgomery County in the first round of the Spartan Invitational at Moberly. It took the Owls only 54 minutes to close out a 10-0 victory, jumping out to a 4-0 lead on two McCoy goals, one by Moreņo and another from junior Alex Tapia in the opening 11 minutes. Sophomore Omar Farfan and senior Carl Engstrand connected for a 6-0 halftime lead...
Lady Owls lose to district foe
(09/17/08) GRAIN VALLEY -- The last time the Marshall volleyball team stood on the court at Grain Valley, it was holding the championship trophy from the Class 3, District 15 Tournament. The Lady Owls went on to reach the MSHSAA quarterfinals for the first time in school history. If they are to do that again, they may need to get past the Lady Eagles in District 15, something they weren't able to do Tuesday during a 25-21, 25-18 non-conference loss at Grain Valley (2-2)...
Marshall holding PP&K contest
(09/17/08) Marshall holding PP&K contest The Marshall Parks and Recreation Department will host the NFL-Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick competition Saturday at Indian Foothills Park. The contest is free and open to boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 15. It will be held at 10 a.m. on Field 3 of the Lyon Bowl... 
Owls now 3-0 in NCMC
(09/17/08)BOONVILLE -- Utter dominance. That's the most apt description for the 7-0 whipping the Marshall boys' soccer team laid on the host team Tuesday during an NCMC match at Boonville, which is playing a varsity schedule for the first time this season. All-region senior Chris McCoy recorded his second hat trick of the campaign with three straight goals for the Owls, the last one in the first half for a 3-0 lead and the other two within 25 seconds of each other early in the second half -- the second assisted by sophomore defender José Reyes.. ... 
Owls fifth at UCM meet
(09/16/08)WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall boys' cross country team provided a textbook example of pack running to place fifth in a solid field Friday in the University of Central Missouri-hosted Mule Run at Warrensburg. The Owls had four runners place within seven places of each other: senior Alex Jenkins (14:33.11) in 26th place, followed by seniors Phillip Perkins (14:38.38) and Matt Bledsoe (14:42.78), and sophomore Damon Thompson (14:43.05) in 33rd. ...
Lady Owls turn in solid showing at Sedalia meet
(09/16/08) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' golf team traditionally does not play its best on the Sedalia Country Club course, but handled it well enough Monday during the Smith-Cotton Classic. Although the Lady Owls' score of 411 points was 16 strokes higher than a year ago, three of their five entries were testing the links for the first time in varsity competition and the team remained in 15th place...
MHS netters remain unbeaten
(09/16/08) BOONVILLE -- The Marshall girls' tennis team won five of six matches in both singles and doubles Monday for a 10-2 NCMC victory over Hannibal at Boonville. Juniors Virginia Hutcherson (10-1) and Kara Ward (10-2) breezed to victory in the top two spots in the Lady Owls' singles line-up. The Lady Pirates (1-4, 0-2 NCMC) came back to win at No. 3, senior Lauren Harder nipping senior Kim Van, 10-8... 
No. 8 Tigers claw Marshall to shreds, 55-0
(09/15/08)The Smith-Cotton football team must have a punter, but Marshall never saw one. Other than a pair of first-half turnovers which prevented the Tigers from taking more than a four-touchdown lead into the break, there was no stopping the home team Friday during a 55-0 non-conference blowout... 
Owls to clash with No. 8 Smith-Cotton
(09/12/08)There's been nothing easy about the early season for the young Marshall football team. And it's about to get infinitely tougher today when the Owls play at eighth-ranked Smith-Cotton, which has blown through its first two opponents. Marshall is coming off a spirited fight with Grain Valley, a 34-14 loss which was considerably more competitive than the season opener. Owls head coach Paul Thomas was pleased with the "better effort" shown by his squad... 
MHS Round-up: Owls win NCMC match at Fulton
(09/12/08)FULTON -- Sophomore Jon Najera's two goals were the difference for the Marshall boys' soccer team Thursday, as it won what head coach Josh Posegate called a "tough, hard-fought" NCMC match at Fulton, 3-1. The Owls were never behind, but didn't score their first goal until freshman Erik Moreno connected with four minutes remaining in the first half...
Owls win eight of 11 events
(09/11/08) INDEPENDENCE -- Another Marshall swimmer has secured an individual entry into the MSHSAA Championships. Sophomore Brock Musick qualified for the state meet in the 50-yard freestyle Tuesday in a double-dual at Truman in Independence. Musick took first place with a time of 22.97 seconds, a third of a second under the required mark... 
MHS Round-up: Lady Owls 10th at Richmond tourney
(09/11/08)RICHMOND -- The Marshall girls' golf team had a hard slog around tough Shirkey Golf Course while placing 10th out of 12 teams in the Richmond Tournament. The Lady Owls were ninth in the meet a year ago, but Wednesday's 450 team score was 43 points higher. Part of that, of course, was unfamiliarity with one of the most challenging public courses in Missouri -- with only two Marshall players having competed in last year's event... 
MHS Round-up: Marshall tames Dawgs in NCMC soccer debut
(09/10/08)Senior Chris McCoy put on a shooting clinic Tuesday, scoring three first-half goals during the Marshall boys' soccer team's 8-0 win over visiting Mexico to begin the NCMC campaign. It took only two minutes for the Owls to get on the scoreboard as junior Alex Tapia knocked in a rebound off of goalkeeper Casey Bedford... 
Owl relayers meet challenge
(09/09/08)BLUE SPRINGS -- The Marshall boys' swim team met one of its main objectives during its season opener. One of the reasons the program's proponents fought to have it reinstated over the summer was the prospect that the relay team could qualify for the MSHSAA Championships. The Owls did that immediately Saturday with a pair of first-place finishes at the Blue Springs Relays... 
Owls drop 1-0 match at St. Paul
(09/09/08)CONCORDIA -- Monday's non-conference boys' soccer contest at Concordia between Marshall and St. Paul, a school with roughly one-fourth the enrollment of the visitors, may have been a mismatch. However, the imbalance was not in favor of the larger school. ...
Lady Owls stop Smith-Cotton
(09/09/08) SEDALIA -- Junior Morgan Ryther controlled the net with five blocked shots and three kills Monday as the Marshall volleyball team swept a 25-13, 25-19 non-conference tilt at Smith-Cotton. The Lady Owls got their usual strong performance from senior Maddy Keller, with seven kills and five digs. Sophomore Becca Keller had a solid all-around game, knocking down four shots, pulling up three attacks and dropping in a pair of aces on the Lady Tigers (0-2)...
Marshall harriers earn five medals
(09/09/08) LIBERTY -- The Marshall boys' cross country picked up three medals and the girls won a pair Saturday during the season-opening St. Mary's Invitational at Liberty. Senior Phillip Perkins (18:32) led the Owls with a 14th-place finish in a field of 75 runners, while senior Matt Bledsoe (19:03) was 27th and sophomore Damon Thompson (19:04) -- recovering from a recent illness -- came in 31st...
Lady Owls get first win
(09/08/08) INDEPENDENCE -- The Marshall volleyball team won one match, split another and suffered two losses Saturday during the William Chrisman Tournament at Independence. The Lady Owls began pool play with a 21-12, 21-17 victory over Kansas City-Ruskin, followed by an 11-21, 21-16 draw against the host Lady Bears. Then came two losses to Class 4 Kearney, 21-15, 21-15 to close out the preliminaries and 25-21, 25-10 in the quarterfinal round of bracket play... 
No. 10 Grain Valley shakes off pesky Owls
(09/08/08)The Marshall Owls got better Friday. Not yet good, but better. "We found some things we can do," remarked head coach Paul Thomas following a 34-14 non-conference home loss to 10th-ranked Grain Valley. "We've just got to do them more consistently." That inconsistency was evident on both sides of the ball, manifesting itself most harmfully in the defense's tendency to give up big plays...
Owls crush Oak Grove, 5-0
(09/05/08) OAK GROVE -- The level of competition increased from its season opener, but the Marshall boys' soccer team remained dominant Thursday during a 5-0 non-conference victory at Oak Grove. Senior all-NCMC forward Chris McCoy got the hat trick for the Owls, scoring the first two goals within 18 minutes -- the second one headed in off a crossing pass from sophomore Jon Najera...
Owls seek redemption against No. 10 Grain Valley
(09/05/08) By Chris Allen Sports Editor Among the litany of axioms to which he subscribes, Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas is hoping that the one which holds that a team makes its greatest gains between the first and second weeks holds true. Boy howdy, it better be, or else the Owls may be in for a long, painful season... 
Lamberson wins at Warrensburg
(08/27/08)WARRENSBURG -- Marshall junior Morgan Lamberson successfully defended her title Tuesday at the Warrensburg Invitational. The only difference this time for Lamberson, who medaled at last year's MSHSAA Class 2 Girls' Golf Championships, was that she had to share first place with Lee's Summit North junior McCall Christopher -- both coming in with an 11-over-par 82...
Lady Owls nipped at The 'Burg
(08/27/08) WARRENSBURG -- Home-field advantage worked in favor of the Marshall softball team during its season opener Monday, but victimized it Tuesday during a 3-2 loss at Warrensburg. The Lady Owls scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Mexico the previous day, but were unable to hold onto a one-run lead in the late stages of its non-conference road tilt... 
Lady Owls post first NCMC win
(08/26/08)The Marshall softball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit Monday to pull out a 4-3 victory over Mexico in the bottom of the seventh inning, the first NCMC win for the three-year-old program. The Lady Owls didn't have a hit until sophomore Kelsey Griffin led off the final frame with a single, racing around the base paths with the game-winning run on an errant throw on senior Alicia Gross' sacrifice bunt... 
MHS netters open with shutout win
(08/26/08)KNOB NOSTER -- There will be tougher challenges ahead, of course, but the Marshall girls' tennis team found out Monday that its youth did not completely preclude success. With only two of its six starters back from a year ago, the Lady Owls began the new campaign with a 9-0 non-conference road rout of a Knob Noster club which boasted five seniors in its line-up... 
Fall '08 Prep Preview
MHS Softball: Lady Owls' diamond program keeps building
(08/25/08)It's hard enough to start a program from scratch for a small school, much less the Marshall softball team's endeavor to compete in the tough NCMC during its first two seasons. The Lady Owls have yet to win a conference game, but they hope to begin to turn things around this year -- now that they have an additional summer of solid competition behind them... 
Owls tune up for 2008 grid opener
(08/25/08)MARYVILLE -- The Marshall football team's pre-season Jamboree at Maryville was like the images of a Rorschach test: subject to various interpretations. The Owls moved the ball on offense and were generally sound on defense, except giving up big plays at least once in each of the three segments -- one of them for a touchdown and two others putting opponents close to the goal line... 
Owls' season about to start
(08/08/08)Fall football practice officially begins in Missouri on Monday, and the Marshall Owls are ready to go. Marshall's varsity and junior varsity, sophomores through seniors, will report for the first of their two-a-day workouts Monday at 6:30 a.m. After a two-and-a-half-hour morning session, the Owls will return in the evening at 6 p.m... 
Travelers' season raises hopes for Owls
(08/07/08)If it weren't for regular intervals of rain, which wiped out over a third of the schedule, the Marshall summer baseball program may have made even greater gains. Even though 12 games and the Mid-Missouri River League Tournament were wiped out by wet weather, Travelers head coach Ian Verts isn't prone to whining...
Owls swim program revived
(07/18/08) It took only 10 minutes today for the Marshall School District Board of Education to unanimously approve reinstating the high school boys' and girls' swim program it voted to terminate June 24. The move followed negotiations last week between school officials and parents and citizens who support the sport, in which the number of meets were reduced and other cost savings enacted to bring the projected expense to within $1,200 of the amount budgeted...
Marshall School Board to meet on swim program
(07/17/08) A special meeting of the Marshall School District Board of Education is set for Friday at 7 a.m. in the Central Office to consider reinstating the high school boys' and girls' swim program. The Board in June voted to nix the sport in lieu of its estimated cost and projected participation level... 
Travelers drop four to close out summer
(07/16/08)Rain had kept the Marshall 18-and-under baseball team on the shelf for two weeks, wiping out the entire Mid-Missouri River League Tournament last weekend, before a pair of non-conference doubleheaders. The Travelers were competitive in the first game of both twinbills, but were nonetheless swept -- falling Monday at Sedalia, 2-0 and 22-1, and Tuesday at North Callaway, 10-6 and 14-3...
Owls football camp coming up
(07/15/08) The Marshall football program will hold its annual summer camp for incoming 10th through 12th graders the next two weeks, although prospective players need to check in earlier. Equipment will be issued Saturday morning in the MHS football locker room. Seniors should report between 8 and 9 a.m., juniors from 9 to 10 a.m. and sophomores from 10 to 11 a.m... 
Manta Rays claim 20 conference meet titles
(07/14/08)ELDON -- If Marshall High School does reinstate its swimming program, it can certainly look forward to some talent in the pool this coming year. There's more than all-America senior Mason Weber, winner of six state medals. Three swimmers projected to be on the Owls' squad each won five times Saturday during the Mid-Missouri Conference Championships at Eldon -- senior Khris Ward and a pair of incoming freshmen, Tyler Nichols and Allee Barton... 
Owls swim program may be revived
(07/11/08)It was only his second full day on the job, and new Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Craig Noah had to confront a controversy head-on. The Marshall School Board's late-night, unscheduled vote last month to discontinue the three-year-old boys' and girls' swim program induced howls from the athletes' parents, who Thursday met with Noah and high school Athletic Director Scott Latham in an attempt to reinstate the sport...
Marshall twice loses late leads
(07/11/08) COLUMBIA -- The Marshall 18-and-under softball team hasn't yet won a game in the tough Columbia Diamond Council league, but came close twice Thursday -- only to see leads dissipate in its opponents' last at-bats in both games. Marshall fell to the Sedalia Havoc, 6-5, in the opener and to Pilot Grove Extreme Six, 7-3, in the finale...
Marshall softball splits pair
(07/10/08) CARROLLTON -- In between its weekly summer leagues at Sedalia and Columbia, the Marshall 18-and-under softball team had a chance to pick up a couple of games Wednesday during a three-team round-robin at Carrollton. The group which constitutes the Lady Owls during the fall lost an early 4-0 lead to fall to Slater in the opener, but came back to blank a solid host squad in the second game, 10-0... 
Marshall hosts USTA Jamboree
(07/09/08)Some 65 young tennis players from as far away as Columbia, Sedalia and Higginsville took part in the U.S. Tennis Association Regional Rally (above), held Tuesday, July 1, on the Indian Foothills Park and Marshall High School courts. The event, hosted by the Marshall Junior Tennis Association, featured a round-robin tournament and a speed-gun serve competition-- divided into four age groups: high school, 14-and-under, 12-and-under and 10-and-under... 
Marshall splits in Sedalia League
(07/08/08)SEDALIA -- Marshall had a chance to catch up with the second-place Havoc in the Sedalia Girls' Softball League's 16-and-under Competitive Division during Monday's head-to-head clash, but dropped a 5-3 decision. The replica Lady Owls were close the whole way, scoring twice in the bottom of the first inning on Stephanie Stark's single to take a one-run lead after giving up a tally on a passed ball in the top of the frame... 
Owls' Crum captures gold medal in powerlifting
(07/08/08)NEWBURGH, Ind. -- Marshall junior Andy Crum has been a busy young man this summer. The Owls' newest offensive lineman, a transfer from Lebanon, has already taken part in three football camps and recently competed in the American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation's National Championships, June 21 at Newburgh, Ind...
Travelers exploit Lexington miscues
(07/02/08) Marshall took advantage of a mistake-riddled performance from visiting Lexington to claim a lopsided 14-4 victory during their Monday, June 30, meeting. Marshall benefitted from eight walks and three Lexington errors. The Travelers nickel-and-dimed their opponent for the duration of the game; they scored at least one run in six of the first seven innings, while never hitting for more than a double...
Marshall takes 2 of 3 Monday; record at 7-6
(07/02/08) The Marshall 18-and-under softball team stumbled out of the gate this summer, but they continued a recent hot streak by winning two of three games Monday, June 30, pushing their overall record to 7-6. Marshall, in its first game of the evening, put up 10 runs in the first two innings and coasted to an 11-4 victory over the Knob Noster Eagles... 
Travelers sweep home twinbill
(06/23/08)Marshall got a pair of strong starts from its pitchers Sunday to take both ends of a Mid-Missouri River League doubleheader from visiting Oak Grove, 11-3 and 11-1. Ryan Smith allowed only four hits and two earned runs, while striking out 10 batters, in six innings of work in the opener...
Havoc 10, Marshall 3
(06/20/08) COLUMBIA -- A pair of two-out errors in the first inning put the Marshall girls' softball team in a hole Thursday during their loss to the hometown Havoc in the Columbia Diamond Council 18-and-under league. Marshall managed to decrease its early four-run deficit to a single run when Tara Bartel hit an RBI single and Chelsey Anderson followed with a two-run double in the third inning. ... 
Travelers sweep visitors from Lexington
(06/19/08)There isn't much John Lozano can't do on the baseball diamond, and on Wednesday he did it all. One of two freshmen to become regular starters for the Owls' varsity during the spring season, Lozano is starting to find his warm-weather groove. Against the younger of Lexington's two teams in the Mid-Missouri River League, Lozano went four for four and scored three runs during the Travelers' 15-0, five-inning blowout in the first game, then picked up the win in relief and finished off a seventh-inning comeback with a walk-off hit as Marshall won the nightcap, 8-7.. ...
Lamberson in top 20 at Missouri Junior Girls' Championships
(06/18/08) COLUMBIA -- Marshall junior Morgan Lamberson placed 19th out of 36 entries last week in the Missouri Women's Golf Association's 48th annual Junior Girls' Championships at Columbia. Lamberson, who tied for 12th last fall in the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships, had a two-round total of 176 on A.L. Gustin Golf Course. She was 16th after the first round Thursday with an 86, but her 90 on Friday dropped her in the standings... 
Two Lady Owls to play in Lions All-Star event
(06/11/08)All-state forward Courtney Henley and guard Amy Durham of Marshall will represent the North squad at the 20th annual Lions All-Star Basketball Games, set for Saturday in Missouri Valley College's Ashford Gymnasium. Henley and Durham led the Lady Owls to their first district title since 2001. Both were all-NCMC selections, Henley for the third time and Durham for the second. They were also three-time state tennis qualifiers in doubles, claiming a fourth-place medal in 2005... 
Owls bring back former hoops coach
(06/03/08)Kevin Hart is getting ready to challenge F. Scott Fitzgerald's maxim of "there are no second acts in American life." The Marshall boys' basketball program is looking backwards for its future, the school board last month hiring one of its most successful past coaches to fill the vacancy left by the decision not to retain rookie Richard Berry after a 6-17 season...
Henley playing in all-star game
(05/29/08) SPRINGFIELD -- Marshall forward Courtney Henley will be taking part in one of all-star basketball games being sponsored by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Friday at Springfield. A three-time all-NCMC performer, Henley earned all-state status during her senior campaign by leading the Lady Owls to the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectionals, which they lost to Notre Dame de Sion of Kansas City, 56-43... 
Ervin, Farrelly medal at state
(05/27/08)JEFFERSON CITY -- Neither Marshall seniors Cortni Ervin nor Kyle Farrelly were especially pleased with their performances in the shot put Saturday during the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships at Jefferson City. Yet, both walked away with all-state medals -- Ervin's third -- placing better than they had previously...
2008 MSHSAA Class 3 Track & Field Championships
(05/23/08) Marshall Qualifiers Saturday, May 24 at Jefferson City Field Events Running Events...
Lady Owls nearing camp time
(05/23/08) The Marshall Lady Owls Basketball Camps will hold two sessions next month in the MHS gym, June 2-5 for younger players and June 16-19 for high school girls. For students entering grades six through eight, the camp will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at a cost of $25 per player, although those enrolled in afternoon summer school may attend from 3 to 5 p.m. for $15. Girls entering grades nine through 12 will meet from 8 a.m. to noon, for a $25 fee... 
Three Owls going to state
(05/19/08)MEXICO -- Cortni Ervin kept her undefeated string in the shot put alive and extended her senior season one more week Saturday during the Class 3, Section 2 Championships at Mexico. Ervin has won gold medals in all 10 meets she has entered this season. Her throw of 40 feet, 2.5 inches was four-and-three-quarters feet longer than second-place Boonville sophomore Kelly Klusmeyer... 
Owls go down fighting in district
(05/13/08)The Marshall baseball seniors have never said die, but perish they did anyway Monday in the first round of the Class 3, District 13 Tournament on the MHS field. The seventh-seeded Owls gave No. 2 Kirksville a scare while slicing into a seven-run deficit in their final at-bat, but couldn't catch up during a 9-7 loss. Marshall had lost to the Tigers twice already this season, 11-1 and 7-0, but came out firing...
Lady Owls one and done
(05/13/08) EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- St. Paul Lutheran of Concordia hadn't scored against the Marshall girls' soccer team in two previous meetings this season, but finally broke through when it counted Monday. The Lady Saints got a goal in each half to claim a 2-0 decision over the Birds in the first round of the Class 1, District 13 Tournament at Excelsior Springs. In their prior matches, the Lady Owls had notched a 2-0 home victory and finished in a scoreless tie at the Smith-Cotton Tournament... 
Season over for Owl netters
(05/13/08)HANNIBAL -- For the first time since 2002, the season ended for the Marshall boys' tennis team short of the playoffs. The Owls were looking for their sixth straight post-season berth, but finished fifth and out of the running during the Class 1, District 4 Tournament at Hannibal -- which began Saturday and ended Monday due to rain. 
Owls send six to sectional
(05/12/08)MEXICO -- The gray, wet and windy conditions Saturday weren't exactly ideal for establishing new records in track and field, yet that was what the bulk of the Marshall team would need to move up the ladder toward the state meet. It didn't work out for all but a handful of Owls -- with senior Cortni Ervin the only winner in the Class 3, District 4 Championships at Mexico... 
MHS Round-up/Lady Owls drop home finale
(05/09/08)Even in its relatively few losses this season, the rejuvenated Marshall girls' soccer team has not been out-classed. However, Smith-Cotton dominated the Lady Owls during their home finale Thursday, a 6-1 non-conference rout. The Lady Tigers led 5-0 at halftime and emptied its bench the rest of the way... 
Owls win 'surprise' game
(05/07/08)It appears last Thursday's Senior Night, traditionally the final home game of the season, was a bit premature for the Marshall baseball team. The Owls were in for somewhat of a shock when the school bell rang Tuesday: the bus from Odessa had pulled up at the gate and its baseball team was unloading. ... 
MHS Round-up/Owls fourth in NCMC tennis
(05/06/08)HANNIBAL -- It wasn't hard to predict, but it was still a deep fall for the Marshall boys' tennis team to place fourth Saturday at the NCMC Tournament in Hannibal. The Owls (30 points) had lost head-to-head dual matches to champion Hannibal (48), Kirksville (45) and Fulton (30) -- the three teams which finished higher than them in the meet. ... 
Owls win three NCMC gold medals
(05/05/08)FULTON -- Marshall sophomore Matt Buford won one event and came within an eyelash of another title Friday during the NCMC Track and Field Championships at Fulton. Buford came in first in the 100-meter dash (10.9 seconds), just ahead of third-place sophomore teammate Evan Johnson (11.2), and was nipped at the wire in the 200 (23.6) by the host Hornets' Josh Butler in the 200...
Baseball/Hannibal 10, Marshall 0
(05/05/08) HANNIBAL -- Hannibal scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning Saturday to put an early end to its 10-0 NCMC victory over the visiting Marshall baseball team. Sophomore Zach Nichols threw a three-hit shutout for the Pirates, who tallied three runs in the bottom of the second. Senior Alan Ward cracked a two-run single and came in on a grounder after moving to third base on senior Raymond Chou's single... 
Lady Owls beat No. 8 Moberly, fall to Kirksville
(05/05/08)The Marshall girls' soccer team had its most impressive win of the season and most disappointing loss, both within 24 hours. The Lady Owls opened the weekend Friday evening by knocking off NCMC champion Moberly, 1-0. They followed that Saturday afternoon by losing another 1-0 contest to Kirksville, which had been winless in league play... 
Owls cruise in home finale
(05/02/08)Marshall head baseball coach Ian Verts used the occasion of Senior Night to start all eight of his upperclassmen Thursday. He may be tempted to do it again after the 11-1 licking the Owls hung on Knob Noster, the first five-inning "mercy" rule victory for the program since the playoff-bound 2006 squad opened the season with a 15-0 rout of Lexington -- a span of 55 games...
Owls drop match at Jeff City
(05/01/08) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall boys' tennis lost their eighth straight match, and third in the last three days, Wednesday at Jefferson City, 7-2. The contest was closer than the final score suggested. The Owls won twice in singles, by senior Ross Crawford at No. 4 -- winning a third-set tiebreaker after rallying from a loss to open the 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) tilt -- and sophomore Brandon Mullins, a 6-4, 6-4 sweep at No. 6 his first varsity singles victory... 
MHS Round-up/Shoot-out again favors Lady Owls
(04/30/08)The Marshall girls' soccer team may be challenged offensively when the ball is in play, but it sure knows how to find the net when the clock isn't running. The Lady Owls went through two scoreless overtime periods Tuesday, sending their NCMC home match against Fulton into a shoot-out. For the fourth time in as many tries, Marshall won on penalty kicks, 1-0... 
MHS Round-up/King, Kirksville blank Owls
(04/29/08)Marshall athletes are in need of an antidote for Cody King. An all-NCMC performer as a football quarterback and basketball guard, the Kirksville junior is just as good in baseball -- as he showed while tossing a shutout and smashing a three-run homer during Monday's 7-0 victory over the host Owls...
Lady Owls blanked twice at Camdenton
(04/28/08) CAMDENTON -- The Marshall girls' soccer team came away from the Camdenton Tournament with only one win, and no hardware, to show for its weekend. After dropping a hard-fought 1-0 opener to Barstow of Kansas City on Friday, the Lady Owls need to go to penalty kicks to notch a 3-2 decision over Boonville -- a first-year program which has largely played against junior varsity competition -- in Saturday's consolation semifinal and lost to the Camdenton JV, 2-0, when a consolation trophy was at stake.. ...
Marshall golfers 21st at Richmond
(04/28/08) RICHMOND -- The Marshall boys' golf team wasn't a factor Friday at the Richmond Tournament. The Owls finished 21st out of 22 teams in the field, a drop from their 18th-place performance last year, scoring 378 points. All three of the Marshall entries who played in the event last year improved their scores on tough Shirkey Golf Course. ... 
Owls spending time on links
(04/25/08)The Marshall boys' golf team is certainly getting in a lot of work, although it's mainly been in tournaments rather than practice. The Owls played in three 18-hole meets over a five-day span. Although the temperatures have been mild, the wet courses have had an adverse influence on scores... 
Owls claim road field advantage
(04/24/08)MOBERLY -- It's hard to win a road game in the NCMC -- particularly a close one, especially in extra innings -- but the Marshall baseball team pulled it off again Wednesday. Freshman John Lozano's two-out single in the top of the eighth inning gave the Owls an 8-7 victory at Moberly, their third win in the last four games. Being in competitive contests has become commonplace for Marshall, which has had six of its last eight games decided by two runs or less... 
Owls complete sweep of Fulton
(04/23/08)FULTON -- A week earlier, senior Ethan Williams' walk-off homer gave the Marshall baseball team a rare win over NCMC rival Fulton. On Tuesday, the Hornets threatened a similar home-field advantage comeback, but were stopped short during a 5-4 loss -- one resulting from their own largesse as much as anything the Owls did to them...
Girls' Soccer/Moberly 3, Marshall 0
(04/23/08) MOBERLY -- Eighth-ranked Moberly is one win away from clinching the NCMC girls' soccer title following Tuesday's 3-0 home win over Marshall, ending the Lady Owls' 10-match unbeaten string. The Lady Spartans struck first 10 minutes into the contest when senior Andie Wiesner bounced a pass into the penalty box and junior Brynne Stansberry knocked the ball into the net...
Boys' Tennis/Rock Bridge 9, Marshall 0
(04/23/08) COLUMBIA -- The Marshall boys' tennis team has struggled lately against a series of high-powered opponents, the toughest hombres of the bunch being Rock Bridge -- which blanked the Owls, 9-0, Tuesday at Columbia. While Marshall forced eight third-set tiebreakers in previous matches against Hickman and Helias, they never got that far in any of their matches against the Bruins (14-0)...
Owls win two events at Mexico track meet
(04/22/08) MEXICO -- The Marshall track and field team came away from the Ron Whitaker Bulldog Classic at Mexico on Saturday with two gold medals. Junior Emmanuel Reeders took the long jump with a personal record of 20 feet, 8.25 inches. However, Reeders' exertions took him out of the 400-meter relay, forcing the Owls to scratch -- possibly denying them another victory, since the unit's best time this season was nearly a second faster than that of the winner...
Lady Owls 1-0-2 at Smith-Cotton tourney
(04/21/08) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' soccer team wasn't able to extend its seven-match win streak over the weekend, but neither did it lose. The Lady Owls settled for a 1-1 tie against Sacred Heart on Friday to begin the Smith-Cotton Tournament. Marshall followed that with a 1-0 decision over the Smith-Cotton junior varsity Friday night and a scoreless tie with St. Paul Lutheran of Concordia -- which the Lady Owls had beaten earlier this season, 2-0, to end a 46-match winless streak -- on Saturday... 
Lady Owls win seventh straight
(04/18/08)For the second time this season, the Marshall girls' soccer team engaged in shoot-out with an NCMC foe and came away the winner. Mexico and the Lady Owls were tied 1-1 Wednesday through two overtime periods, so settled down to shooting penalty kicks...
Baseball/Mexico 12, Marshall 6
(04/18/08) Senior Ryan Hollenberg went five for five and drove in four runs with a pair of homers to lead Mexico to a 12-6 NCMC road win over the Marshall baseball team. The Bulldogs never trailed in the game, breaking a 2-2 with three runs in the top of the third inning, two on sophomore Ryan Hellings' single following a two-out error. Hollenberg's two-run dinger in the fourth made it 7-2... 
Sacred Heart bests Owl reserves
(04/17/08)The Marshall boys' golf team turned to its supporting cast Wednesday for a home dual match against Sacred Heart of Sedalia. While the top five took the day off, six of the Owls' eight players posted their lowest scores yet on Indian Foothills Golf Course -- although the Gremlins claimed the victory, 183 to 208, behind the 41 turned in by senior medalist Jaron Lucchesi...
Boys Tennis/Helias 7, Marshall 2
(04/17/08) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall boys' tennis team's second trip to the U.S. 63 corridor in as many days wound up no better than the first one. The Owls lost their fourth straight match Wednesday, a 7-2 decision for Helias in Jefferson City. The Crusaders won in the top four singles spots, including senior David Landwehr's 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10-8) overtime victory over junior Mac Evans at No. 3...
Owls win seven events at Sedalia
(04/17/08) SEDALIA -- Sophomore Matt Buford was in on three gold medal-winning performances Monday as the Marshall boys' track and field team took second place at the Smith-Cotton Invitational. Buford raced past the field while winning the 100- (11.13 seconds) and 200-meter (24.51) dashes, the second time this season he's claimed victories in each event. ... 
Owls beat Fulton 10-8 on Williams' walk-off homer
(04/16/08)No lead is apparently safe against the Marshall baseball team. Although not as dramatic as their comeback in the final frame from a seven-run deficit to Chillicothe 10 days earlier, the Owls wiped out a 7-1 deficit late in Tuesday's home game against NCMC rival Fulton and won it 10-8 in the bottom of the seventh on a walk-off home run by senior Ethan Williams...
Marshall netters nipped at Hickman
(04/16/08) COLUMBIA -- A break here, a shot there, and the Marshall boys' tennis team might have beaten Hickman for the first time in several years Tuesday at Columbia. Instead, the large mid-Missouri school won two of four third-set tiebreakers in singles to edge the Owls, 5-4... 
Owls drop two matches at Marshall tennis tourney
(04/15/08)The Marshall boys' tennis team suffered its first loss in its home meet since losing the finals to Hannibal in 2003. Kirksville won all three of its matches Monday to end the Owls' streak of three straight Marshall Tournament championships. The Tigers' 7-2 victory over Fulton in the first contest of the round-robin tourney gave them the title...
Owls last at Helias golf meet
(04/15/08) NEW BLOOMFIELD -- Memories of their first outing at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield will not be pleasant ones for the Marshall boys' golf team. Wet grounds made a 7,000-yard course play even longer, and it was reflected in the Owls' score of 408 -- eighth among eight teams in the field...
Lady Owls win sixth match in a row
(04/15/08) MEXICO -- Neither Marshall nor Mexico was considered a pre-season contender in the NCMC girls' soccer race, but there they were Monday playing for second place -- with the visiting Lady Owls notching a 1-0 decision. Marshall only had one shot on goal during the match, the result of combination passing between junior Vicky Renderos, freshman Kelsey Griffin and senior Paige Fifer -- who put away her team-high fifth goal in the ninth minute... 
Jeff City squeaks by Owls
(04/14/08)JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall baseball team's pitching and defense were good enough to win Friday at Jefferson City, but the sticks had a hard time getting together during a 3-1 non-conference loss to the Jays. The Owls out-hit Jefferson City, 6-4, but left nine runners on base -- seven in scoring position -- as hard-luck junior right-hander Cory McComas dropped his fourth decision... 
Owls nipped by Moberly, 2-1
(04/10/08)From the One That Got Away Department: the Marshall baseball team's 2-1 NCMC home loss Wednesday to Moberly. The Owls out-hit the visitors, 7-6, but stranded 13 runners on base -- twice leaving the sacks packed. "I really applaud the guys' effort," remarked Marshall head coach Ian Verts. "They just struggled getting runners in."... 
Owls come up empty at Sedalia meet
(04/09/08)SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' golf team's continued to struggle on the Sedalia Country Club course Monday during the Smith-Cotton Classic. The Owls finished 20th out of 23 teams with a score of 358, 23 strokes higher than the tally which placed them 18th a year ago...
Marshall wins twice at Chillicothe meet
(04/09/08) CHILLICOTHE -- The Marshall track and field team didn't have much to show Friday for its participation in the Joe Shy Relays at Chillicothe. This was especially true for the young Lady Owls, who finished last among 12 teams with only 10 points. Senior Cortni Ervin accounted for all that total as the team's only medalist, winning the shot put (41 feet, 3.5 inches) for the fifth time in as many meets this season...
Owl netters improve to 6-0
(04/08/08) The Marshall boys' tennis team swept singles play handily Monday during an 8-1 non-conference home win over Lexington. The only difficulty the Owls faced was at No. 1 singles, where junior Max Bildstein won a 10-4 decision over senior Mike Looney. Senior Taylor Scarff, junior Mac Evans and sophomores John Van and Ethan Murphy all won by 10-0 counts, while senior Ross Crawford rolled to a 10-1 victory... 
Owls stage incredible comeback
(04/07/08)There may have been bigger moments in bigger games for the Marshall baseball program, but never a bigger comeback. Call it "The Rally" in perpetuity, for the Owls will long remember how on a chilly April morning they rose from the brink of defeat -- overcoming a seven-run deficit in the seventh inning for a 13-11 victory over Savannah in the round-robin Marshall Tournament...
Lady Owls win NCMC shoot-out
(04/04/08) KIRKSVILLE -- Winning is becoming such a habit to the Marshall girls' soccer team that it is able to do so even when not playing its best. The Lady Owls claimed their fifth straight victory Thursday at NCMC rival Kirksville, a 2-1 decision on penalty kicks, despite playing their fourth match in six days -- including a 1-0 decision the previous night against defending league champion Hannibal... 
Lady Owls post fourth win in a row, snap NCMC skid
(04/03/08)While it remains too early to speculate on its long-term prospects, the Marshall girls' soccer team turned another major corner Wednesday. The Lady Owls made a 1-0 lead hold up for 72 minutes after scoring early in the contest and knocked off defending NCMC champion Hannibal -- their first conference win in 23 matches stretching back three seasons... 
Owls eighth at Grain Valley golf tourney
(04/03/08)BLUE SPRINGS -- The first 18-hole event of the season for the Marshall boys' golf team didn't go as well as hoped Wednesday. The Owls placed eighth among 11 teams in the Grain Valley Tournament, with a combined score of 369 -- 28 strokes higher than last year's fourth-place performance... 
MHS Round-up/Chillicothe takes track dual from Owls
(04/02/08)CHILLICOTHE -- Experience and depth went into wins by the Chillicothe boys' and girls' track and field teams during Tuesday's home dual against Marshall. The Hornets held margins of 98-43 in boys' events and 113-28 among the girls. The Owls showed strength in the boys' sprints and most field events, though. ...
Ervin champion of Mizzou Relays
(04/01/08) COLUMBIA -- The track and field staff at the University of Missouri must have liked what they saw over the weekend from one of their recruits. Marshall senior shot putter Cortni Ervin won her second major meet of the season Saturday at the Mizzou Relays, and did so in convincing fashion. The two-time all-stater made her last throw her best one, reaching 41 feet, 11.5 inches, to put a distance of one foot, 11 inches over her closest challenger, Jefferson City sophomore Emily Old... 
MHS Round-up/Lady Owls win Clinton tourney title
(03/31/08)CLINTON -- The Marshall girls' soccer team won its first championship trophy since claiming a district title in 1999 Saturday with two victories at the Clinton Tournament, both on "golden goals." The Lady Owls went to overtime before breaking a scoreless tie in the fifth minute for a 1-0 decision in the first-round contest. Junior Vicky Renderos came up with a loose ball outside the penalty box and lofted a floater over the head of freshman goalkeeper Tabby Cox...
MHS Round-up/Owls third in home triangular
(03/28/08) Senior Cody Dusenberry summed it up best when talking to his father, the coach, following Thursday's boys' golf triangular at Marshall. "His words were, 'I left a good score out there today,'" remarked Owls coach Erek Dusenberry. "Cody came off the course frozen and upset with himself due to the fact that he hit the ball better than any time this season and got nothing out of the round."...
Lady Owls end long soccer winless streak
(03/27/08) Ding, dong, the streak is dead. The Marshall girls' soccer team ended a string of 46 matches and two complete seasons without a victory Wednesday with a 2-0 non-conference decision over visiting St. Paul. "At times it was a long road for us over the past few years," remarked MHS head coach Josh Posegate. "I credit the girls for sticking it out through many tough times."...
Boys' Tennis/Marshall 9, Grain Valley 0
(03/26/08) The first-year Grain Valley boys' tennis program showed great promise in winning its first three MRVC matches, but was blanked 9-0 Tuesday during a non-conference dual at Marshall. The toughest singles contest was up top, where freshman Michael Draper -- son of veteran coach Randy Draper -- lost a 10-8 decision to junior Mac Evans, one of three Owls who are still battling for the No. 1 spot...
Prep Baseball/Kirksville 11, Marshall 1
(03/26/08) KIRKSVILLE -- Junior Cody King fired four shutout innings and sophomore Derek Allen had three hits for Kirksville, which handed the Marshall baseball team its third straight season-opening road loss Tuesday. The Tigers' 11-1, five-inning NCMC romp was aided by five errors for five unearned runs -- including the final two, scored on a dropped fly ball in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game on the "10-run rule."... 
Boonville pounds on Owls
(03/25/08)BOONVILLE -- The gap between the Marshall and Boonville baseball teams apparently widened over the last year, although most brought back the bulk of their rosters. The Owls exited the 2007 season with a 5-1 loss to the Class 3, District 14 Tournament hosts, and their return to Harley Park ended up even worse Monday with a 16-6, six-inning setback...
Owls drop diamond debut
(03/24/08) LEXINGTON -- It may have helped if Marshall had been able to ease its way into the baseball season, but starting it against a powerful Lexington squad proved a tad difficult. The Minutemen got a three-hit shutout from all-state junior right-hander Joe McLaughlin during Saturday's 5-0 non-conference victory...
Lady Owls fall in NCMC opener
(03/24/08) HANNIBAL -- By the time the Marshall girls' soccer team got its defensive act together Saturday, it was down two goals. The Lady Owls played better the rest of the way, but couldn't catch up to defending NCMC champion during a 2-1 road loss. The Lady Pirates (1-0, 1-0 NCMC) unloaded 17 shots on goal, 11 during the first half. ...
Lady Owls blanked in opener
(03/21/08) The Marshall girls' soccer team was unable to crack the net during its season opener Thursday, a 2-0 non-conference home loss to Warrensburg. The Lady Tigers (1-0) scored early in each half, both off of steals -- by senior Stephanie Rizzolo three minutes into the contest and sophomore Brenna Lacaillade in the fourth minute of the second half... 
Owls second in golf triangular match
(03/21/08)WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall boys' golf team turned in a respectable score during Thursday's triangular match at Warrensburg. Unfortunately, the Tigers (2-0) were better -- a whole lot better, posting a 161. Warrensburg's junior varsity even shot a stroke lower than the Owls, whose 175 was good enough for second place ahead of the 192 turned in by Sacred Heart...
MHS Round-up/Ervin wins gold medal at UCM meet
(03/20/08) WARRENSBURG -- Marshall senior Cortni Ervin let everyone know that she's going to be the girl to beat in the shot put this season. The University of Missouri recruit easily won the event Monday at the University of Central Missouri's Mule Indoor Relays. Her throw of 38 feet, 2.5 inches -- well shy of her school record -- was more than three feet longer than the second-place challenger... 
Spring '08 Prep Preview
MHS Baseball/New era begins with senior group
(03/17/08)The Marshall baseball team is being guided by its fourth head coach in as many years, but there's a good chance this one could stick. After Mike Godfrey led the Owls to a district title in his only season, Mike Baker's lame-duck 3-12 season a year ago was a setback. However, Marshall native Ian Verts, the No. 1 pitcher on the Owls' only NCMC championship squad in 1999, is taking over the club with a clear idea of what is needed to make it successful... 
Spring '08 Prep Preview ... MHS Track/Owls bring back exciting prospects
(03/17/08)The weather hasn't cooperated with the preseason training program imagined for Marshall track and field coaches Jim Papreck and Gwen Clemens, who take over from Paul Thomas as the respective boys' and girls' mentors after serving several years on the staff... 
Spring '08 Prep Preview
MHS Girls' Soccer/Outlook brighter for Lady Owls
(03/17/08)Winning has been a rare thing for the Marshall girls' soccer program in the 2K millennium. In the early days of the NCMC, the Lady Owls were a contending club, but they haven't had a winning season since claiming their only district title in 1999. Marshall enters the '08 season having gone nearly three years and 44 matches without a victory, a streak second-year head coach Josh Posegate expects to end in a hurry... 
Spring '06 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Tennis/Owls putting together mostly new line-up
(03/13/08)With only two of the top six players returning for the Marshall boys' tennis team, veteran head coach Susan Carney is "looking for these guys to step up ... just like last year." The Owls had to replace the Nos. 1 through 3 singles spots a year ago, but fashioned a 10-5 record - all of the regular season losses at the hands of the four largest schools in mid-Missouri - beat all four NCMC opponents they faced head-to-head and placed second in the conference tournament, and reached the MSHSAA Class 1 playoffs for the 12th time in 15 years.. ... 
Spring '08 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Golf/Owls mix experience, youth on course
(03/12/08)The Marshall boys' golf team will be looking for new leadership when it hits the courses this season. Gone are two of the program's bulwarks, four-year starters Connor Lamberson and Nick Fowler. Both were part of the Owls' last state-qualifying squad, and both reached the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships individually -- including Lamberson for the second time last year... 
MHS' Ervin signs with Mizzou
(03/06/08)Cortni Ervin is a very busy young lady. The Marshall High School senior is President of the Student Council, a National Honor Society student, member of the choir and Bird Cage, and activities even she can't easily remember. And soon, she'll be a college student-athlete, having signed an NCAA Division I letter-of-intent to perform track and field at the University of Missouri... 
Storm swarms Lady Owls
(02/28/08)ST. JOSEPH -- The relentless defensive pressure exerted by Notre Dame de Sion of Kansas City proved too much for the Marshall girls' basketball team to handle Wednesday during a 56-43 loss in the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectional at St. Joseph. That came as no surprise to Lady Owls head coach Tom Hayob... 
Lady Owls face metro power
(02/27/08)Notre Dame de Sion begins its post-season today against the Marshall girls' basketball team with vivid memories of past successes among its handful of upperclassmen. While the Lady Owls were still in grade school the last time their home town team reached the playoffs, the Kansas City Catholic institution reached the Class 5 state championship game -- losing to Incarnate Word of St. Louis, 43-31. None of the current Crusaders (19-8), though, were regulars that season... 
Lady Owls grab district title
(02/25/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- It seemed as though the Marshall girls' basketball team would always be the bride's maid, never the bride. That is until Saturday, when the Lady Owls finally beat ninth-ranked Grain Valley -- after twice losing tournament championship games to the Lady Eagles -- to secure the Class 4, District 14 title, 48-44, and advance into the MSHSAA playoffs... 
Kearney again ends Owls' season
(02/25/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- The No. 1 seed which was cast out of the Class 4, District 14 Tournament during the semifinals a year ago tried to turn the tables on the favorites Friday. Unfortunately, the Marshall boys' basketball team didn't quite have the shots in them to upset Kearney, dropping a 55-45 decision when the Bulldogs went on an 11-5 run late in the game. But the Owls gave it their best shot... 
Lady Owls return to district finals
(02/21/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- The Marshall girls refuse to lose. The third-seeded Lady Owls appeared to be on mission when it came down to crunch time Wednesday in the Class 4, District 8 Basketball Tournament semifinal against No. 2 Kearney, scoring the game's last 10 points to take a 45-37 victory... 
Resurgent Owls send Odessa home
(02/20/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- Senior Anthony Thompson scored 15 second-half points Tuesday during the Marshall boys' basketball team's 51-45 victory over Odessa in the first round of the Class 4, District 14 Tournament at Excelsior Springs. The presence of the talented point guard, the only holdover from the Owls' 2006 district champion, was critical down the stretch. ... 
Odessa gives Lady Owls a scare
(02/19/08)EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- Senior Courtney Henley's two free throws with 3.5 seconds left turned defeat into victory for the Marshall girls' basketball team Monday. The third-seeded Lady Owls, after jumping out to an early 10-point lead, found themselves locked in a struggle at the end with No. 6 Odessa before pulling out a 50-49 decision in the first round of the Class 4, District 14 Tournament at Excelsior Springs... 
Musick nabs state medal
(02/19/08)ST. PETERS -- The best came last for Marshall senior Laura Musick. Twice Musick had left the MSHSAA Girls' Swimming Championship without a medal. Given her seeded times going into this year's state meet at the St. Peters Rec-Plex, she wasn't expected to do it on her final try either... 
Four medal as Owls take 10th at state
(02/18/08)COLUMBIA -- The second day of the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships was filled with land mines for the Marshall wrestling team. The Owls suffered some setbacks, invariably to higher-ranked grapplers, but rebounded during the wrestleback rounds to finish 10th for the third time since 2003 -- earning four all-state medals along the way...
Owls end eight-game skid
(02/18/08) KIRKSVILLE -- The Marshall boys' basketball team may look to the past for inspiration for the coming week. In 1997, the Owls had won only three games before ending the regular season with a home win over Kirksville -- then, led by sophomore Clarence Chillers, won three in a row to win the district title at Richmond...
Ldy Owls win NCMC finale
(02/18/08) KIRKSVILLE -- The Marshall girls played textbook road basketball Friday to close out the regular season with a 54-44 victory at NCMC rival Kirksville, avenging their December home loss to the Lady Tigers. The Lady Owls dominated the first quarter, going on a 17-point spree -- each starter contributing points -- after Kirksville sank two early free throws. While Marshall made six of eight shots from the field, the Lady Tigers missed all nine...
Owls in ninth place at state
(02/15/08) COLUMBIA -- Seven in, seven still alive for the Marshall wrestling team. All of the Owls' entries moved into the second day of the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships at Columbia, with five winning their opening matches Thursday. Marshall is in ninth place with 18.5 points, with the opportunity to move up since none of the four teams immediately in front have more entries remaining...
Marshall's Weber in Grand Prix
(02/15/08) COLUMBIA -- Marshall junior Mason Weber will be going up against some of the world's top swimmers this weekend during the Toyota Grand Prix at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Weber, a three-time state medalist, is entered in seven events, three of which will include Michael Phelps -- who won six gold medals in the 2004 Olympic Games and last year beat his own world record in the 100-meter butterfly at this meet. The highest Weber is seeded is 31st, in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke...
Iowa junior college signs two football Owls
(02/14/08) Marshall seniors Anthony Thompson and Kyle Farrelly will be heading north to continue their football careers. The two Owls recently signed an NJCAA letter of intent with North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City. The Trojans are coming off a 7-4 season, 5-3 for second place in the Midwest Football Conference West Division, and are coached by Scott Strohmeier -- an assistant at Truman State University while former Owls Marcus Yokeley and Chandler Terry played for the Bearcats...
Owls' comeback bid falls short against Helias
(02/13/08) It looked like Senior Night might be a big one for the upperclassmen on the Marshall boys' basketball team Tuesday. Senior Jared Porter responded to a rare start by draining three jumpers from outside the arc during the first quarter. Unfortunately for the Owls, that would be all they got that period -- and those long shots weren't falling at the end of a 39-34 non-conference loss to Helias in the Burns Athletic Center at Missouri Valley College...
Henley tops 1,000 points during Lady Owls' win
(02/13/08) Senior Courtney Henley's second three-pointer of the game Tuesday pushed her over the 1,000-point career scoring mark, Marshall rolling over winless Moberly for an NCMC home victory, 55-29. The Lady Owls quietly built a substantial lead, a 14-4 second period widening the margin to 15 points at halftime. Henley was without a field goal during the first half, although went six for six from the free-throw line. She hit a bomb during the third quarter and reached her milestone early in the fourth...
Lady Owls win NCMC road game
(02/11/08) MEXICO -- The Marshall girls' basketball team got off to a slow start offensively Saturday, but in reality were not threatened by Mexico during a 49-34 NCMC road win. The Lady Owls only scored nine points during the first quarter, but still led by five points before going on a 36-17 tear during the middle two periods...
Owls take district mat title
(02/11/08) Wrestling may be among the most individual of sports, but the concept of "team" still runs strong. Such was the case during the MSHSAA Class 2, District 2 Tournament Friday and Saturday at Marshall High School, where what may have seemed like minor contributions loomed large in the Owls' march to their first title since 1979...
Lady Owls fend off Oak Grove, 57-52
(02/08/08) OAK GROVE -- Some sharp free-throw shooting down the stretch allowed the Marshall girls' basketball team survive a challenge from Class 4, District 14 foe Oak Grove for a 57-52 non-conference road win. The Lady Owls got 13 first-half points from senior Courtney Henley -- taking up the slack caused by an illness to junior Jessica Harriman, Henley's usual partner in the paint -- for a six-point lead at the break...
Moberly dispenses with Owls
(02/08/08) MOBERLY -- Moberly ran its NCMC win streak to seven games Thursday with a 59-34 waltz over the visiting Marshall boys' basketball team. After a close first quarter, the Spartans took command during the second frame with an 18-5 run -- seniors Caleb Lewis, Joe Halterman and Eric Saunders each making a pair of shots. ...
Marshall native O'Neal to be MSHOF inductee/Head coach for 28 years at Hardin-Central
(02/07/08) Gary O'Neal's Hardin-Central football teams were a lot like the coach himself. The Bulldogs weren't usually the biggest or fastest players around, but they were tough, scrappy and disciplined. And they were winners -- 239 times during O'Neal's 28 years as head coach. Enshrined in 1996 as a member of the Missouri High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame, O'Neal will receive a greater honor Sunday when he is inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame at Springfield...
Sports
(02/05/08) BMexico 64, Marshall (B) 44 MEXICO -- Mexico doubled its six-point halftime lead in the first two minutes of the second half Monday and disposed of the visiting Marshall boys' basketball team with a 64-44 NCMC win. The Bulldogs got a pair of early three-pointers from junior Michael Howard, but it was senior Alex Gardner who used his strength inside to score 10 of his game-high 14 points during the first half. ...
Sports
(02/04/08) 'Hounds fall twice at Concordia CONCORDIA -- The Sweet Springs boys' basketball team did some running and did some gunning Friday. Unfortunately for the Greyhounds, they didn't do much making -- sinking only 10 of 77 shots during an 80-36 I-70 Conference loss at Concordia...
Lady Owls pounds out NCMC win
(02/04/08) The Marshall girls' basketball team hadn't won at home since its season opener, but ended that five-game slump Saturday by banging out a 55-44 decision against NCMC rival Hannibal. While the Lady Pirates never led after the scoring the game's first basket, neither did they fold when trailing by double digits. Ultimately, though, Hannibal couldn't make enough shots -- sinking only 25.0 percent of its second-half field-goal attempts -- to overcome the Lady Owls' efficient 45.7-percent production...
Owls drop fifth straight
(02/04/08) The nexus between desperation, aggression and mediocrity produced an ugly, yet compelling, NCMC boys' basketball game Saturday at Marshall. Both the Owls and visiting Hannibal were hoping to end four-game losing streaks, but at least the Pirates had their full contingent of players. Not so for Marshall, which was without three starters from the Dec. 14 meeting at Hannibal...
Lady Owls win six times at Belton meet
(02/01/08) HARRISONVILLE -- The Marshall girls' swim team won five of eight individual events and one of the two relays it entered Wednesday during the five-team Belton Duals at Harrisonville. The Lady Owls didn't fare well in team scoring since it only had seven girls available, their numbers thinned even further by a traffic accident the previous week in which sophomore Cassi Johnson received minor injuries...
Hoops games rescheduled
(01/30/08) Tuesday's snowstorm caused the postponement of several Saline Area high school basketball games. The Marshall boys' NCMC contest at Moberly has been rescheduled for Feb. 7, although the Lady Owls' home tilt against Chillicothe -- which was snowed out on its original Dec. 8 date -- has been canceled...
Hannibal sweeps Lady Owls
(01/30/08) HANNIBAL -- It wasn't the lack of depth alone which led the a 120-44 loss by the Marshall girls' swim team Friday at Hannibal, although that was a factor. The main reason for the disparity is that the Lady Pirates are very talented, and very young. A core group of freshmen has produced squad which can compete with any Missouri school its size -- and most larger ones, too, as it proved recently against a solid field at the Smith-Cotton Invitational...
Owls still battling numbers
(01/29/08) KIRKSVILLE -- While Marshall wrestlers are winning most of their individual battles, casualties are losing wars for the team. That was the mostly the case Saturday during the Tiger Classic at Kirksville, when all three of the Owls' dual defeats could be substantially attributed to injuries and illnesses -- the latter forcing two 2007 MSHSAA Class 2 Championships qualifiers, state-ranked seniors Coldy Finnley (112 pounds) and Corey Smith (125), off the mat...
Lady Owls downed by Helias, 54-39
(01/29/08) The Marshall girls' basketball team took a three-point lead into the fourth quarter Monday, but faltered down the stretch during a 54-39 non-conference home loss to a strong Helias club. The Lady Owls trailed by six points at halftime, but only had two turnovers and didn't give up a defensive rebound during a 13-4 third period -- getting six points from senior Courtney Henley during the frame...
No Showdown three-peat for Lady Owls
(01/28/08) GRAIN VALLEY -- The Marshall girls' basketball team finally hit a wall Friday. After playing excellent hoops over a seven-game span, winning six of them, the Lady Owls struggled in their third straight Sonic Showdown championship game -- losing the title they held the last two years to host Grain Valley, 55-41...
2008 prep grid districts, schedules announced
(01/28/08) The Marshall football team will have familiar foes with which to contend in Class 4, District 8 the next two years. The Owls were put into a loop with NCMC rivals Hannibal and Kirksville, along with holdover district member Helias, in the biennial redistricting released Friday by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA). ...
Owl grapplers romp on Mexico's mat
(01/25/08) MEXICO -- For once, weight class vacancies worked in favor of the Marshall wrestling team. Mexico's line-up had even more holes than the Owls', but that was hardly the difference in Marshall's 47-21 NCMC road win Thursday. The Birds won six of the nine bouts for a come-from-behind victory...
Defending champion Owls knocked out of Showdown
(01/25/08) GRAIN VALLEY -- Last year both the Marshall boys' and girls' basketball teams brought home championship trophies from the Sonic Showdown at Grain Valley. While the Lady Owls will try to retain their two-year hold on the title, their male counterparts can only sit and watch this weekend after being eliminated from the tournament for the first time Thursday with a 47-43 loss to Paseo of Kansas City...
Lady Owls back in Showdown finals
(01/24/08) GRAIN VALLEY -- In the land of the giants, Amy Durham stood tallest. The senior point guard controlled the action during the second half for the Marshall girls' basketball team Wednesday as it beat a big, talented -- and young -- club from O'Hara of Kansas City in the semifinal round of the Sonic Showdown at Grain Valley, 52-33...
Musick wins at large metro meet
(01/23/08) By Chris Allen Sports Editor RAYTOWN -- The Marshall girls' swimming team had five top-10 finishes and set seven personal records over the weekend at the 24-team Raytown Invitational. The Lady Owls' schedule has been heavy of late, with six meets since the first of the year, and didn't enter a full line-up...
Owls get six medals at Platte County
(01/22/08) PLATTE CITY -- The Marshall wrestling team has had more glorious weekends. The Owls got off to a slow start Friday at the Platte County Invitational, rebounding slightly on Saturday to finish ninth among 12 teams in a power-laden meet. Six of Marshall's 12 entries won medals, including senior Coldy Finnley (112 pounds) and sophomore Brian Bergstrom (171) with second-place performances...
Prep Hoops Round-up/Lady 'Hounds romp in tourney debut
(01/22/08) WINDSOR -- The Sweet Springs girls' basketball team responded to their disappointing Homecoming loss Friday to I-70 Conference rival St. Paul by whipping Calhoun, 66-31, Monday in the first round of the Windsor Tournament. Five Lady Greyhounds scored in double figures, led by junior Stephanie Krause with 13 points. That was matched by Melanie Hendricks of the Lady Eagles (1-11), who found themselves buried when Sweet Springs went on a 17-4 run after coming out of halftime with a 14-point lead...
Lady Owls dominate in Showdown opener
(01/22/08) GRAIN VALLEY -- The Marshall girls' basketball team is apparently serious about defending the Sonic Showdown title it has won the last two years. Despite playing for the third time in four days, with only one player coming off the bench, the Lady Owls showed no signs of fatigue Monday during a 59-33 romp over a solid Knob Noster club in the first round of the tournament at Grain Valley...
Santa Fe's Gregory relishes being a Tiger
(01/22/08) COLUMBIA -- It was heady stuff for a self-described "farm boy" from rural Blackburn. The University of Missouri football program's historic ride to the top of the national rankings, a Big 12 North Conference championship and Cotton Bowl victory were beyond anything Kurtis Gregory could imagine in his childhood dreams. Yet, the red-shirt sophomore offensive lineman, a four-time all-state player at Santa Fe, believes he could have been happy without such success...
Fulton wins rematch over Owls
(01/21/08) SEDALIA -- "If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small," The Bible cautions. The Marshall girls' basketball team demonstrated over the weekend that it lacks neither strength nor faith while taking third place in the McDonald's Lady Tiger Classic at Sedalia...
Fulton wins rematch over Owls
(01/21/08) FULTON -- The Marshall boys' basketball team was unable to completely overcome a slow start, although it tried, during a 62-50 NCMC loss Friday at Fulton. The Hornets got three early buckets from senior Kaharri Ray to jump out to a 16-6 first-quarter lead, while two of the Owls' starters -- senior Anthony Thompson and sophomore Lucas Hart -- were saddled with two fouls...
Lady Owls win three events at Truman
(01/18/08) As the antihistamine ads on TV tell us, this is cold and flu season. It was therefore little surprise when three members of the Marshall girls' swimming team were under the weather Tuesday, leaving the depth-challenged Lady Owls in a poor position for scoring during the Truman Duals at Independence. Marshall fell to meet-dominating Lee's Summit North, 226-66; William Chrisman, 103-100; and the host Lady Patriots, 175-84...
Lady Owls blitz the "Burg, again
(01/17/08) SEDALIA -- Facing the Marshall girls' basketball team for the second time in five days was no more fun for Warrensburg than the initial meeting. The Lady Owls won the rematch, 61-26, in the first round of the McDonald's Lady Tiger Classic at Sedalia on Wednesday just as decisively as they did Friday's tilt at Warrensburg, 58-22...
No. 10 Moberly too much for Owls
(01/16/08) Against an ordinary foe, the Marshall boys' basketball team's effort Tuesday may have been enough to prevail. But there's nothing ordinary about 10th-ranked Moberly, as it proved Saturday by winning the tough State Fair Tiger Classic at Sedalia. The Spartans shook off the pesky Birds late in the first half and fended off later charges for a 68-51 NCMC road win...
Lady Owls capture six medals at Sedalia
(01/15/08) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' swimming team saved the best for last Saturday during the Smith-Cotton Invitational. The Lady Owls have put a renewed emphasis on the 400-yard freestyle relay, and it paid off when the quartet of senior Laura Musick, sophomore Kate Hartley and freshmen Katie Wells and MacKenzie Godsey placed first among 15 teams with a time of 4:13.11 -- beating second-place Springfield-Hillcrest by 3.20 seconds...
Lady Owls hammer Warrensburg/'Cats fall twice in L&C twinbill
(01/14/08) Lady Owls hammer Warrensburg WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall girls' basketball team jumped on Warrensburg from the opening tip-off Friday en route to a dominating 58-22 non-conference road win. The Lady Owls opened the game with a 17-4 first-quarter run, and followed it with a 15-2 second period to go into halftime with an insurmountable 32-6 lead. The struggling Lady Tigers (1-9) were out-rebounded 35-17 and made only nine of 35 field-goal attempts...
Owls split final tourney games
(01/14/08) SEDALIA -- First-year Marshall head boys' basketball coach Richard Berry is hoping his team has finally learned a valuable lesson: the Owls are not a running club. That was amply demonstrated over the weekend during the State Farm Tiger Classic at Sedalia. ...
Owls knock Helias off mat
(01/11/08) What if they held a wrestling match and nobody came? There was certainly a paucity of activity Thursday during Marshall's home dual match against Helias of Jefferson City, with bouts in only eight of the 14 weight classes. For once, though, the Owls were at no disadvantage -- with three openings per team -- and won five times for a 38-33 non-conference victory...
Lady Owl swimmers sink Smith-Cotton
(01/11/08) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' swimming team demonstrated that large numbers aren't always necessary to win in the pool. The Lady Owls didn't have as many entries Wednesday as host Smith-Cotton, which even had three divers added to its line-up, but still won the dual meet, 95-92. Marshall took two of the three relays, while also placing first in six of eight individual events -- setting six personal records...
Marshall matmen win NCMC opener
(01/10/08) FULTON -- The move of senior 215-pound state medalist Aaron Gibson to heavyweight paid off for the Marshall wrestling team Tuesday in its NCMC debut. Both the Owls and Fulton had openings in the final two weight classes, so instead of settling for a draw down the stretch, MHS head coach Jim Heinzler put Gibson -- who hasn't wrestled at 275 pounds -- up against freshman Cody Hutchason...
Lady Owls second at meet
(01/09/08) PARKVILLE -- The Marshall girls' swimming team won seven events Saturday to finish second in the Park Hill Invitational at Parkville. Although the host school had the numbers to notch a sizable victory with 331 points, the Lady Owls' 175 points were 21 more than third-place Platte County for second among 19 teams -- some of which were junior varsity squads. Marshall won both of the relay races and five of the seven individual events in which it had entries... 
Owls falter down stretch during loss
(01/07/08)The Marshall boys' basketball team got off to a rough start and finished poorly during Friday's 48-38 non-conference home loss to Smith-Cotton. In between, the Owls had long stretches of solid play, pulling ahead by the middle of the second quarter. However, Marshall's offensive difficulties continued, with only two points during the final four minutes to see what had been a tie game slip out of reach...
Two Owls golden at MHS tourney
(01/07/08) Coming off an encouraging performance two weeks earlier at a large Springfield tournament, the Marshall wrestling team had reason to be optimistic about how it would do in its home meet. However, the Owls' hope of reclaiming the championship they won two years ago were dashed even before the 35th Marshall Invitational got under way Saturday. ... 
Revamped Owls dump Warsaw
(01/02/08)SEDALIA -- The Marshall boys' basketball team adjusted to its first game without center Nathan Cato, and with a redesigned system to minimize the loss, by pounding hapless Warsaw, 58-36, Saturday in the State Fair Community College/W-K Chevrolet-Buick Holiday Shoot-out at Sedalia...
Kirksville dumps Lady Owls
(12/19/07) Given how Kirksville denied the Marshall girls' basketball team an outright NCMC championship with an overtime win in the regular season finale a year ago, one might think revenge would be on the Lady Owls' agenda during their first 2007-08 meeting...
Tigers dispose of Marshall boys
(12/19/07) A 20-7 second-quarter spree gave previously-winless Kirksville a 16-point halftime lead, which it wouldn't relinquish during a 64-51 victory over the Marshall boys' basketball team Tuesday at Missouri Valley College. After falling behind 9-3 in the first two minutes, the Owls clawed back. ...
Mat Owls beat Versailles
(12/19/07) The Marshall wrestling team seemed none the worse for wear following a two-week layoff, whipping Versailles in a non-conference home dual match Tuesday, 54-24. Half of the Tigers' points came from defaults, with the Owls winning eight of 10 bouts -- seven by fall. ...
Pirates come up big in MHS meet
(12/18/07) The arrival of some fresh talent has been a boon to the Hannibal girls' swimming team. Led by freshmen Heather Land, Samantha Cockrell and JaLynn Gieseke -- each of whom won two individual events -- the Lady Pirates dominated the second annual Marshall Invitational, held Friday at the Salt Fork YMCA...
Owls get sweep at Hannibal
(12/17/07) HANNIBAL -- Anthony Thompson celebrated his return to the line-up following a three-game suspension Friday by leading the Marshall boys' basketball team to a 54-51 overtime win at NCMC rival Hannibal. The senior point guard tied the game on a lay-up with 20 seconds remaining, then tallied five points -- including the game-winning bucket -- during the extra frame. ...
Owls' McCoy gets MSCA award
(12/12/07) Marshall's Chris McCoy has been named to the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association's 2007 Class 2 Central All-Region team. A first-team all-NCMC selection, McCoy (4) led the 10-14 Owls with 14 goals and 38 points. His eight assists were second on the club to the 11 racked up by all-conference senior Ricardo Lemus. McCoy, a junior midfielder, was chosen as the region's "offensive player of the year."...
Fulton puts hurt on struggling Owls
(12/10/07) Those hoping Marshall's lackluster football season would reverse itself during the boys' hoops campaign were probably not encouraged by Friday's 72-42 whipping at the hands of visiting NCMC rival Fulton. The Hornets scored the game's first 17 points, a combined 15 by senior Kaharri Ray and sophomore Verdis Lee, and led 29-3 after the first quarter. ...
Lady Owls win six times in debut
(12/07/07) WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall girls' swim team opened the 2007-08 season by winning six of 11 events Thursday at the Warrensburg Quad. The Lady Owls introduced a pair of freshmen whose years of experience in USA Swimming-sanctioned competition are expected to pay off royally -- and did in their debuts. MacKenzie Godsey won both the 200- (2:20.07) and 500-yard (6:17.23) freestyle races and versatile Katie Wells placed first in the 200 individual medley (2:38.92)...
Lady Owls pound Moberly
(12/06/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall girls' basketball team was so upset by losing its NCMC opener to Fulton two days earlier that it took it out on winless Moberly during Wednesday's 54-23 road win. Senior Amy Durham drained a pair of three-pointers as the Lady Owls rolled out to a 16-8 first-quarter lead, which was the high point for the Lady Spartans' offensive production. They wouldn't score more than six points in any of the remaining periods...
Prep Hoops Round-up/Owls beaten in NCMC debut
(12/05/07) For the second night in a row, an opponent with no player over 6-foot-1 used its quickness to beat the Marshall boys' basketball team. Visiting Mexico went on a 15-5 third-quarter run Tuesday to defeat the Owls in their NCMC opener, 49-34. Senior Alex Gardner scored eight of his game-high 18 points during the decisive stretch for the Bulldogs...
Warrensburg gets best of Owl matmen
(12/05/07) WARRENSBURG -- Warrensburg won eight of 10 bouts Tuesday to take a 48-18 non-conference win over the visiting Marshall wrestling team. The individual matches were generally closer than the final score indicated, with only half of the Tigers' wins by fall. The contest began with a dandy at 160 pounds, where Class 3 all-state junior Austin Gladbach edged Owls junior Jerrad Kelly, 7-4...
Marshall 2-3 at metro meet
(12/04/07) KANSAS CITY -- The Marshall wrestling team is slowly coming up to full strength, but wasn't strong enough to defeat three of its five dual opponents Saturday during the Park Hill Tournament at Kansas City. In fairness, those three losses were all to state-ranked foes, although in none of them were the Owls' two open weight classes a significant factor. The only Marshall grappler to get through the day unscathed was all-state senior Aaron Gibson, winning all four of his 215-pound bouts...
Lady Owls drop NCMC opener against Fulton
(12/04/07) The Marshall girls' basketball team's defense of the NCMC championship it shared a year ago got off to a shaky start Monday with a 42-39 home loss to Fulton. The Lady Hornets jumped out to an 11-2 lead and was never caught. Junior Kristin Willer, a 6-foot-3 center, scored three first-quarter buckets and junior forward Rachel Breshears also tallied six points during Fulton's early 17-5 run...
Owls fade at the end
(12/04/07) CHILLICOTHE -- If the fate of the Marshall boys' basketball team is inexplicably tied to that of all-NCMC senior point guard Anthony Thompson, then his absence may have been decisive during Monday's 62-55 loss at Chillicothe. The Hornets used their quickness to full advantage to eventually pull out a contest which swung back and forth until the closing minutes. ...
Lady Owls beaten for title in final seconds
(12/03/07) Senior Cory Hutchens had been quiet most of the night, but came up big down the stretch Friday as Grain Valley won the second annual Marshall Tournament championship with a 47-45 decision over the top-seeded Lady Owls. Hutchens got the ball in transition and launched a shot from the corner to hit a game-winning three-pointer with 2.2 seconds remaining as the Lady Eagles erased a six-point deficit over the final five minutes...
Prep Hoops Round-up/Lady Owls squeak by in season opener
(11/30/07) For a little more than a half, the Marshall girls' basketball team's season opener went about as well as could be expected Thursday -- a little rough, but not especially pressing. Then the Lady Owls suffered a cold spell and saw a 14-point lead erased by Boonville before pulling out the semifinal victory in the second annual Marshall Tournament, 46-43...
Wrestling/Marshall 49, Chillicothe 24
(11/30/07) CHILLICOTHE -- The Marshall wrestling team still wasn't up to full strength, but it didn't matter Thursday during its 49-24 non-conference win at Chillicothe. The Owls had four open weight classes, but only three counted against them -- giving the Hornets (0-1) 18 of their 24 total points. Marshall won seven of eight contests on the mat, the only exception being a pin by junior heavyweight Justin Followwill in the final bout of the evening...
Smith-Cotton halts Owls in tracks
(11/27/07) The short-handed Marshall wrestling team began the season sooner than it wanted Monday, before all of its athletes finished testing, and dropped its opener at home to Smith-Cotton, 40-33. It was a nice homecoming for Tigers head coach Tim Washington, a Marshall and Missouri Valley College grad, as his club split the 10 contested weight classes -- but got a net of 12 points from defaults...
Owls come back, pull away from Boonville
(11/27/07) At halftime of his first game as a high school varsity head coach, Marshall's Richard Berry must have wondered what he signed up for. The Owls had been a little sluggish out of the gate Monday, but then found a spark -- scoring 27 third-quarter points and protecting their lead down the stretch at the free throw line for a 66-56 non-conference over Boonville at the Burns Athletic Center...
Winter '08 Prep Preview ... MHS Wrestling/Owls thin, but solid on mat
(11/26/07) The mat room in the Little Gym at Marshall High School won't be very crowded this winter. The Owls only have 24 grapplers involved, the lowest total in 12 years for head coach Jim Heinzler. "I'm really thin in numbers," Heinzler remarked. "They're all seniors, too."...
Weber adds two more state medals
(11/12/07) ST. PETER'S -- Mason Weber was hoping for top-three finishes in his two individual events at the MSHSAA Boys' Swimming Championships in St. Peter's. The Marshall junior did so four times, in both the preliminaries and finals, in the process putting himself into consideration for all-American status. Weber placed second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:54.56) and third in the 100 breaststroke (58.72 seconds) to tally all 33 points for the Owls, who were 22nd among 43 teams...
Owls compete at state meet
(11/09/07) The Marshall boys' swimming team will have entries in four events when the MSHSAA Championships begin today at the St. Peter's Rec-Plex. The Owls qualified their relay teams for the first time since the program began in the winter of 2005-06, the quartet of senior Christopher Koehn, junior Mason Weber, sophomore Khris Ward and freshman Brock Musick (above) making the cut in both the 200-yard medley and freestyle...
Owls free relay going to state
(11/06/07) KANSAS CITY -- It didn't take very long for the Marshall boys' swimming team to add a second relay to the list of state qualifiers. Less than two weeks after the Owls' 200-yard medley relay met the time standard for the MSHSAA Championships at the Marshall Invitational, the same four swimmers hit the mark in the 200 freestyle at the Independent League Championships in Kansas City...
No. 3 Helias disposes of Owls
(11/05/07) The Marshall football team came out as energized and emotional as it has all season Friday, but it was asking too much to expect that the fundamental problems which have plagued the club all season would magically disappear. Third-ranked Helias took the Class 4, District 13 championship from the Owls, 37-14, and will host No. 2 Lee's Summit West in Wednesday's sectional contest...
Three Owls compete at state
(11/05/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- Marshall freshman cross country runner Katie Wells got her first taste of the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships on Saturday at Jefferson City, and gave a good accounting of herself. No, Wells didn't medal -- the first meet of the season in which she didn't finish near the front -- but her 55th-place showing in a field of 165 runners was 12th-best among freshmen...
No. 3 Helias do or die for Owls
(11/02/07) There's little doubt about what the Marshall football team has to do today to return claim the Class 4, District 13 title and return to the playoffs. Win. Win big. Hope for help. The Owls host third-ranked Helias in the regular season finale, needing a win and -- barring an upset of Smith-Cotton by 2-7 Mexico -- by the maximum of 13 points credited under the Missouri system. Even then, the Bulldogs must somehow avoid losing by more than 12 points...
Moberly ends Owls season
(11/02/07) MOBERLY -- It was a familiar scene for Marshall head boys' soccer coach Derek Lark. The Owls' difficulty in generating offense came back to bite them Thursday during the Class 2, District 7 Tournament championship match, with host Moberly's lone goal holding up for a 1-0 victory...
Owls knock off No. 1 seed, advance to district final
(10/31/07) MOBERLY -- Despite its fifth-place finish in the NCMC, the Marshall boys' soccer team had shown it could play with anybody. That was proven Tuesday as the fifth-seeded Owls shocked No. 1 Hannibal in the semifinal round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly. A long-range boot by senior Ricardo Lemus gave Marshall a 1-0 decision and a spot in the finals against Moberly, which beat Kirksville 1-0 on an "own" goal...
Three Owl harriers going to state
(10/30/07) KANSAS CITY -- Out with the old, in with the new. A changing of the guard for the Marshall cross country team was completed Saturday during the Class 3, District 7 Championships at Kansas City's Swope Park, where two freshmen were among the Owls' three state qualifiers and both of the squad's seniors saw their prep careers end...
Analysis/Owls still have shot at playoffs
(10/30/07) It's hard to imagine any football team which was stomped so thoroughly as was Marshall during Friday's 49-21 Class 4, District 13 loss at Smith-Cotton to still have post-season aspirations, but such was the case. In fact, the Owls -- unlike their conquerors -- have a shot at returning to the playoffs. ...
Owls crushed by Smith-Cotton
(10/29/07) SEDALIA -- When Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas instructed his defense on gap control, the players apparently thought that meant limiting their credit card charges at the upscale clothing store. The Owls certainly didn't apply the lessons on the field, yielding 388 rushing yards during a 49-21 loss Friday at Class 4, District 13 foe Smith-Cotton. ...
Owls advance to district semis
(10/29/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall boys' soccer team has been playing tough against everyone in the NCMC, even if there aren't many wins to show for it. The trend of close losses was broken, none too soon, Saturday in the first round of the Class 2, District 7 Tournament at Moberly -- where the Owls were in command during a 2-0 victory over Fulton, which had won the previous meeting Sept. 18 on penalty kicks...
Lady Owls finish fifth in state
(10/29/07) EXCELSIOR SPRINGS -- The Marshall volleyball team didn't reach the Promised Land, but it came closer than ever Saturday. The Lady Owls posted their first-ever playoff win, against an old friend in the opener of the Class 3, Section 2 Tournament at Excelsior Springs, but were eliminated in the quarterfinal round to finish among four teams tie for fifth place in the state...
Owls look to go 2-0 in District 13 play
(10/26/07) Marshall head coach Paul Thomas doesn't fancy himself a prognosticator, but the writing on the wall for Friday's Class 4, District 13 clash at Smith-Cotton. "If we don't stop the running game, it will be a long night," Thomas forecast, haunted by video of Tigers junior Solomon Watkins tearing through opposing defenses to the tune of 1,192 yards and 16 touchdowns in 113 carries -- an average of 10.6 yards per attempt...
Lady Owls back in playoffs
(10/25/07) GRAIN VALLEY -- The Class 3, District 13 Tournament final was only a few minutes away Wednesday night, so what was the defending champion Marshall volleyball team doing to get ready? Gathered in an erratic circle, laughing and dancing in the Grain Valley cafeteria, of course. No wonder that the Lady Owls were loose as a goose until the near the end of the 25-17, 25-21 victory over Excelsior Springs which took them back to the playoffs...
Owls close regular season with NCMC win
(10/24/07) The eight seniors on the Marshall boysâ soccer team got to enjoy their last home match Tuesday, beating NCMC rival Mexico 2-0. The Bulldogs (6-15, 0-10 NCMC) finished in the conference basement, but Marshall head coach Derek Lark considered them âa much better teamâ than the one his Owls thumped 5-0 on Sept. 20. Meanwhile, Lark wasnât enthused about his clubâs âpoorâ play during a scoreless first half...
Bueker spikers finish season undefeated
(10/24/07) The Bueker Middle School eighth-grade volleyball teams went unbeaten during the regular season, both the âAâ and âBâ teams going 12-0 for the first time since 2001. âThis was a wonderful and dedicated bunch of girls,â remarked MBS coach Beth Blumhorst. âIâm very proud of them.â...
Bueker spikers finish season undefeated
(10/24/07) The Bueker Middle School eight-grade volleyball teams went unbeaten during the regular season, both the âAâ and âBâ teams going 12-0 for the first time since 2001. âThis was a wonderful and dedicated bunch of girls,â remarked MBS coach Beth Blumhorst. âIâm very proud of them.â...
Owlsâ relay going to state
(10/23/07) This year when Mason Weber goes to the MSHSAA Boysâ Swimming Championships, he will â" as The Beatles urged â" âget by with a little help from my friends.â The first two seasons of the Marshall program saw Weber making the trip to St. Peterâs all alone, winning four medals, but as a junior heâll be joined by the other three members of the 200-yard medley relay team...
Marshall grinds out first home win
(10/22/07) Itâs nice to have Anthony Thompson back up to full speed. The Marshall football team counted heavily on the all-state senior slotbackâs big plays and the grinding determination of senior Cody Dusenberry â" along with the senior secondary trio of Geoff Brayman, Andrew Bridges and Michael Johnson â" to secure its first home victory of the season Friday...
Boysâ Soccer/Hannibal 2, Marshall 1 (ot)
(10/22/07) The Marshall boysâ soccer team has given every team in the NCMC a hard time, but has few wins to show for its effort. Hannibal got a âgolden goalâ from junior Jake Stamp four minutes into overtime to clinch an outright league title with a 2-1 decision on the MHS pitch. The Owls have lost five of their last six conference matches, four in extra periods...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Hannibal 0
(10/22/07) The Marshall volleyball team wasnât able to win its third straight NCMC regular season title, but did avenge on its losses Saturday with a 25-17, 25-23 victory over Hannibal in the home finale. The Lady Pirates (8-17-1, 3-3 NCMC) were on the defensive almost from the start, with junior Chelsea Reutenauer coming up with a match-high 12 digs. However, Hannibal also gave up 12 service aces, three each by seniors Sierra Cuda and Kristen Thomas...
Owl harriers fourth at Richmond Invitational
(10/22/07) RICHMOND â" The Marshall boysâ cross country team placed three runners in the top 25 of a large field Thursday at the Richmond Invitational, taking fourth place. The Owlsâ 98 points put them in close contention with Kearney (93 points) in third place, but West Platte (41) ran away with the title behind the victory of senior Zach Layton (17:02)...
Marshall duo earns second state medal
(10/22/07) SPRINGFIELD â" Marshall seniors Amy Durham and Courtney Henley headed to Springfield for the MSHSAA Class 1 Girlsâ Tennis Individual Championships determined to recapture the medal which slipped away from them the previous year. The Lady Owls knew from past experience that the best route to the late rounds was by early wins. ...
Mexico visits to open Owlsâ district season
(10/19/07) So what gives with these football Owls of Marshall? With the opening of the Class 4, District 13 campaign today against visiting NCMC rival Mexico, there seems to be a disconnect between the Owls who posted impressive, emotional victories at perennial nemesis Warrensburg and Hannibal â" winning there for the first time in 20 years â" and who flopped flatly at home against Fulton and Kirksville...
Marshall's Lamberson wins state medal
(10/17/07) BOLIVAR -- Morgan Lamberson knew she had her work cut out for her if she was going to get into the medal chase at MSHSAA Class 2 Girls' Golf Championships at Bolivar. The Marshall sophomore was tied with two other players in 21st position after Monday's first round, her 85 three strokes behind the score of the top 15 required for a state medal. As she had done last year, Lamberson staged a second-day charge...
Owls pick up three all-conference medals
(10/17/07) MOBERLY -- The Moberly Invitational a fortnight earlier proved to be a fairly reliable indicator of what would happen Saturday during the NCMC Championships. The top three teams on both the boys' and girls' side finished in the same order, the main difference being that Kirksville junior David Huskisson (16:44) -- winner of the Marshall Invitational -- overcame the defending conference champion, Mexico sophomore Hayden Legg. Hannibal's Emma Burdett (20:10) again won the girls' title...
Owls win Smith-Cotton invite
(10/16/07) SEDALIA -- Three days earlier at the Raytown double-dual meet, the Marshall boys' swimming team was looking for times instead of points. While the Owls were still hoping to add qualifiers for the MSHSAA Championships during Saturday's Smith-Cotton Invitational, they entered a full line-up -- and emerged from the pool with the first-pace trophy, edging Webb City by a point, 216 to 215. This despite not having any divers, as opposed to the Cardinals' four...
Girls' Golf/Marshall's Lamberson in state medal hunt
(10/16/07) BOLIVAR -- Marshall sophomore Morgan Lamberson is off to a better start during her second appearance in the MSHSAA Class 2 Girls' Golf Championships than she did the first time. Lamberson shot an 85 in the opening round on the par-72 Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club at Bolivar to tie for 21st place. A year ago, she had to come back from a first-round 93 at Deer Lake in Springfield to finish 31st...
Lady Owls third at Versailles tourney
(10/15/07) VERSAILLES -- Marshall head volleyball coach Mike Schwartz was hoping for a good performance from his club Saturday at the Versailles Tournament, and seemed to get it. The Lady Owls lost only one match -- in the semifinals, 25-16, 25-17, to perennial power Rosati-Kain of St. Louis, which has won the meet eight of the last 10 years -- and finished third...
Kirksville powers past Owls
(10/15/07) Senior Brian Hennke and the offensive line which paved his path like a road grader ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns Friday as Kirksville flattened the Marshall football team for a 42-20 NCMC victory. Hennke picked up almost all of his yards between the tackles, much of it after contact, due to a front line which shoved the Owls out of the way -- forcing them to grasp helplessly at the powerful 200-pounder, with no more effect than the brushes of a car wash could restrain a locomotive...
Lady Owls stopped short of state
(10/15/07) ST. LOUIS -- Marshall's quest to return to the MSHSAA Class 1 Girls' Tennis Team Championships for the first time since 2001 hit its usual roadblock Saturday in St. Louis. However, the Lady Owls acquitted themselves nicely during a 5-1 sectional loss to defending state champion Mary Institute/Country Day School, winning 78 games against their powerful adversary...
Lady Owls pound Mexico
(10/12/07) The season has been a yo-yo for the Marshall volleyball team. While the Lady Owls' four-year hold on the NCMC championship was broken with a pair of losses to Fulton, their success against Class 3, District 13 foes has put them in a good position to return to the playoffs...
Boys' Soccer/Moberly 2, Marshall 1 (ot)
(10/12/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall and Moberly boys' soccer teams staged one of their classic battles Thursday, with the Spartans getting a "golden goal" from senior Rian White to claim a 2-1 NCMC home win. Two weeks ago the teams went scoreless through two overtime periods until Moberly won a shoot-out on the MHS pitch, but this was an offensive contest from the start -- the two teams combining for 33 shots on goal, 20 by the Spartans...
Owls close in on state marks
(10/12/07) RAYTOWN -- Given the size of the opponents' programs, and the few dates remaining until the MSHSAA Championships, Marshall boys' swimming coach Amber Tottingham tried a different tack Wednesday during a double-dual meet at Raytown. "We decided to go for state times instead of overall points," Tottingham explained. Did it work? "We came so close."...
Owls hoping for happy Homecoming
(10/12/07) Besides breaking a three-game losing streak, the Marshall football team's first victory at Hannibal in 20 years last week may have reaffirmed a lesson its coaches have been attempting to instill all season. "They did what we asked them to do and trusted their teammates," explained Owls head coach Paul Thomas. "I hope it will give us the confidence to play like that every game...
Lady Owls second in NCMC meet
(10/11/07) MEXICO -- The NCMC Tournament used to be a pretty big deal late in the girls' golf season, but attendance was spotty during Wednesday's meet at Mexico. Only four of the league's six schools had teams, and one of those was incomplete, with only 17 girls competing on the varsity level. ...
Prep Net Round-up/Ervin, Lady Owls ace Rock Bridge
(10/10/07) COLUMBIA -- Senior Cortni Ervin's jump serve can at times bedevil opponents, and that seemed the case Tuesday as the Marshall volleyball team enjoyed a 26-28, 25-16, 25-12 non-conference victory at Rock Bridge (8-9). Ervin recorded a school-record nine aces -- along with a team-high 12 kills, plus 15 digs and a pair of blocks -- while putting all 21 of her serves in play...
Boys' Soccer/Helias 2, Marshall 0
(10/10/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- With four starters out for the first half, and one missing for the game, the Marshall boys' soccer team was forced into playing defense Tuesday during a non-conference match at Helias. The main defensive effort was turned in by senior goalkeeper Mike Sartor, who stopped 15 of 17 shots during a 2-0 loss. ...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 6, Carrollton 0
(10/10/07) The Carrollton girls' tennis program's first foray into the MSHSAA Class 1 post-season was bound to be a short one Tuesday at Marshall, making its 21st straight playoff appearance. The Lady Owls, after all, had won all five matches against MRVC schools by 9-0 scores and had dominated the District 4 Tournament on Saturday. The Lady Trojans (8-9) were unable to avoid becoming Marshall's 16th shutout victim this season, losing all six completed matches...
Owl harriers fourth at Clinton Invitational
(10/09/07) CLINTON -- Three members of the Marshall boys' cross country team medalled Saturday during the Clinton Invitational. Freshman Damon Thompson (19:18.7) finished ninth, junior Matt Bledsoe (19:45.7) was 12th and senior Bryan Beck came in 16th in a field of 39 runners in the large school division -- the Owls tallying 72 points to place fourth. Senior José Ojeda (17:40.5) led Smith-Cotton (42 points) to the title by taking first...
Boys' Swimming/Marshall third at Raytown Invitational
(10/09/07) RAYTOWN -- Junior Mason Weber extended his personal unbeaten streak to 16 straight races Saturday as the Marshall boys' swimming team finished third in the Raytown Invitational. Weber won the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.86) for the fourth time this season and claimed his third victory in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.65), lowering his personal record by .04 seconds...
Owls' defense stifles Hannibal
(10/08/07) HANNIBAL -- The long-dormant Marshall defense awoke Friday at Hannibal, not allowing a touchdown to break a three-game slump with a 28-7 NCMC victory. The Owls bent a little, but never broke. The Pirates got into the "red zone" four times, but never crossed the goal line -- Marshall taking the ball away twice inside its own 10-yard line...
Marshall splits at Indy tourney
(10/08/07) INDEPENDENCE -- Summertime heat eventually took its toll Saturday on a Marshall boys' soccer team forced to play back-to-back matches at the Independence Tournament. After a 3-1 victory over William Chrisman in the early contest, the Owls dropped a 4-3 decision to Harrisonville in the hot afternoon...
Lady Owls claim fourth straight District 4 title
(10/08/07) The Farewell Victory Tour for the four senior starters on the Marshall girls' tennis team will last a little while longer. All of the upperclassmen advanced to the MSHSAA Class 1 Championships as the Lady Owls dominated the District 4 Tournament on their home courts Saturday...
Lady Owls' season ends suddenly
(10/05/07) WARRENSBURG -- Despite being the bottom seed, the Marshall softball team had no intention of exiting the Class 3, District 13 Tournament meekly. The Lady Owls battled No. 3 seed Versailles down to the wire during Thursday's opening round, dropping a 5-4 decision in the bottom of the seventh inning...
Lady Owls' season ends suddenly
(10/05/07) WARRENSBURG -- Despite being the bottom seed, the Marshall softball team had no intention of exiting the Class 3, District 13 Tournament meekly. The Lady Owls battled No. 3 seed Versailles down to the wire during Thursday's opening round, dropping a 5-4 decision in the bottom of the seventh inning...
Struggling Owls, Hannibal meet
(10/05/07) The tides of fortune are drifting out to sea two of the three teams which shared the NCMC football title a year ago. Both Marshall and Hannibal were playoff teams in 2006, but both are under .500 at the halfway point of the current season as they get set to meet in Twain-town. Head coach Paul Thomas knows why the Owls (2-3, 0-2 NCMC) have lost three in a row...
Boys' Soccer/Marshall 8, Chillicothe 2
(10/05/07) CHILLICOTHE -- Junior Chris McCoy had the hat trick Thursday as the Marshall boys' soccer team pounded the first-year Chillicothe program for an 8-2 non-conference road win. McCoy tallied the match's first two goals, but -- despite a 3-1 halftime lead -- Owls head coach Derek Lark thought his club "played flat." A pair of scores by freshman Jonathan Najera during the second half had Lark feeling much better...
Volleyball/Helias 2, Marshall 0
(10/05/07) The powerful Helias volleyball team rolled into Marshall for a non-conference match Thursday and sauntered away with a 25-17, 25-14 victory. Seniors Megan Sandbothe and Nicole Murphy and sophomore Julia Whitfield each had six kills to pace the Lady Crusaders (21-2), who had won their first 18 matches this season before dropping a pair last weekend at an upper-tier Kansas City tournament...
Owls' Weber extends winning streak
(10/04/07) The Marshall boys' swimming team is showing that, when matched up against similar-sized programs, it can more than hold its own. The Owls have won 16 races in three meets over the past two weeks, including the championship of Monday's Chillicothe Invitational. And if the rate of new personal records has slowed, Marshall's swimmers are more consistently near that level...
Lady Owls close out NCMC play winless
(10/04/07) The Marshall softball program will have to wait until at least its third year of existence before recording its first NCMC win. The Lady Owls closed out the regular season Wednesday with a 17-3, five-inning loss to Fulton, which claimed a share of the league title with Kirksville by virtue of the victory. Junior Amanda Abbott went four for four at the plate, scored three runs and knocked in four teammates to lead the Lady Hornets' attack...
Boys' Soccer/Hickman 3, Marshall 0
(10/04/07) COLUMBIA -- Even during its heyday of back-to-back MSHSAA Class 2 Championships appearances, the Marshall boys' soccer team had difficulty beating the large schools from Columbia. Those troubles continued Wednesday during the Owls' 3-0 non-conference loss at Hickman. Although Marshall gave ground only grudgingly, the Kewpies were able to crack through -- despite 11 saves by senior Mike Sartor...
Lady Owls improve to 18-1
(10/03/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- A second delay for lightning forced the Marshall girls' tennis team to curtail its final regular season match Tuesday, but not until securing a 5-0 non-conference win at Jefferson City. Seniors Amy Durham (6-0, 6-0), Kelsey Franklin (6-0, 6-1), Courtney Henley (6-0, 6-0) and Ali Brandt (6-0, 6-4) -- along with sophomore Virginia Hutcherson (6-3, 6-0) -- won their singles matches in straight sets. ...
Fulton finishes sweep of Lady Owls
(10/03/07) Fulton took a step towards securing its first NCMC regular season volleyball title Tuesday by defeating four-time defending champion Marshall in the Birds Nest, 25-13, 22-25, 25-23. The Lady Owls got five kills each from seniors Sierra Cuda and Cortni Ervin -- who also led the team with 23 digs, five aces and four blocks. Cuda came up with 16 saves and three blocks, while senior Kristen Thomas dropped in five serves and provided nine assists...
Marshall's Elfrink wins triathlon trophy
(10/03/07) OKLAHOMA CITY -- Training for as many as 20 hours per week for nearly a year and a half paid off for Marshall High School senior Jacob Elfrink. Elfrink, 17, has been working out in preparation for USA Triathlon events, and it showed Sept. 20 in Oklahoma City at the Redman Triathlon when he finished first in the half-iron distance 15- to 19-year-old age group as the youngest participant in the meet...
Marshall boys third, Wells second at Moberly
(10/02/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall boys' cross country team had only five varsity entries, but all of them finished in the top 20 out of a field of 63 runners Thursday at the Moberly Invitational. Three of the five Owls who had run the Moberly Country Club course last year improved their times, with the pack of juniors Phillip Perkins (19:09), junior Matt Bledsoe (19:13) and freshman Damon Thompson (19:14) arriving in the 12th through 14th positions to lead Marshall to a third-place finish...
Lamberson returning to state meet
(10/02/07) LEE'S SUMMIT -- Morgan Lamberson's steadiness on the links paid off again Monday. The Marshall sophomore fired a 10-over-par 82 to finish third in the Class 2, District 5 Girls' Golf Tournament at Lee's Summit to qualify for the MSHSAA Championships for the second time in as many tries...
Lady Owls win fourth straight NCMC title
(10/01/07) HANNIBAL -- To the surprise of absolutely no one, the Marshall girls' tennis team rolled to its fourth NCMC Tournament championship in a row Saturday at Hannibal. After all, the Lady Owls had beaten all four of the league foes they had played -- by a combined 44-1 margin -- and went into the meet with each of their nine entries as top seeds...
Boys' Soccer/Marshall 2, Kirksville 0
(10/01/07) The Marshall boys' soccer team played nearly flawless defense on its home pitch Saturday to defeat defending NCMC champion Kirksville, 2-0. The Owls avenged a 1-0 loss to the Tigers (6-10, 1-4 NCMC) two weeks ago in the third place match of the Spartan Invitational at Moberly. Both of Marshall's goals, one in each half, were shots by junior Chris McCoy off of passes from senior Ricardo Lemus...
Owls throttled by No. 5 Moberly, 42-7
(10/01/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall football team's defensive woes continued Friday. Rather than using a handful of big plays, fifth-ranked Moberly methodically dismantled the Owls for a 42-7 NCMC home win. A week earlier, Marshall gave up three long touchdown runs despite dominating in ball control during a 35-27 loss to Fulton. The Spartans instead racked up 15 first downs, completing seven passes of 20 or more yards...
Hannibal downs Lady Owls, 9-3
(10/01/07) HANNIBAL -- Inexperience reared its ugly head Saturday for the Marshall softball team during its 9-3 NCMC loss at Hannibal. The Lady Owls are flashing potential during their second year of existence, but a squad which had only one senior and seven freshmen and sophomores among the starting 10 is bound to make mistakes -- and Marshall committed some costly, if small, ones...
Owl kickers shot out by Moberly
(09/28/07) Ever since Marshall began its boys' soccer program in 1996 it has had some classic battles with NCMC rival Moberly. However, It hasn't been since their second meeting -- 11 years and one day earlier than Thursday's tilt -- had the two teams engaged in a match-deciding shoot-out. After 60 scoreless minutes, that's what it came down to on the Owls' pitch -- with the Spartans making four attempts to Marshall's two to claim a 1-0 victory...
Girl's Golf/Hickman 168, Marshall 192
(09/28/07) COLUMBIA -- There aren't many times when a team can lose and the players still feel good about themselves, but such was the case Thursday for the Marshall girls' golf squad. A powerful Hickman club claimed a 168-192 dual match win, but the Lady Owls shot two strokes under their previous low for the season -- a 194 two weeks ago at Indian Foothills Golf Course, the best score for the program in several years...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 9, Hickman 0
(09/28/07) COLUMBIA -- The Marshall girls' tennis team wasn't able to get past Rock Bridge last week, although had its chance during a 6-3 loss to the perennial Class 2 powerhouse, but the Lady Bruins' crosstown rival wasn't as fortunate. The Lady Owls blasted Hickman, 9-0, during Thursday's non-conference match at Columbia -- and MHS head coach Susan Carney allowed that the girls "are really playing well." The timing couldn't be better, since the NCMC Tournament will be played Saturday at Hannibal -- with the Class 1, District 4 Tournament the following weekend at Marshall.. ...
No. 5 Moberly a stiff challenge for Owls
(09/28/07) The struggling Marshall football team jumps from the frying pan into the fire today. After dropping back-to-back games to unbeaten opponents, the Owls play another one -- the second state-ranked Class 3 foe within a three-week span -- when it travels to No. 5 Moberly for an NCMC tilt...
Boys' Soccer/Warrensburg 3, Marshall 1
(09/26/07) WARRENSBURG -- Warrensburg scored early in both halves and built up a three-goal lead before the Marshall boys' soccer team could answer during a 3-1 non-conference home win Tuesday. Junior Josh Taylor converted sophomore Shayne Luehr's feed from the corner in the match's fifth minute, with Luehrs connected three minutes into the second half and again two minutes later for the Tigers (7-8)...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Higginsville 1
(09/26/07) If the Marshall volleyball team got off to a slow start Tuesday against a strong Higginsville squad, it's little wonder. The Lady Owls were playing their third dual match, with five contests in a weekend tournament, within a five-day span. However, after the visiting Lady Huskers (8-3-1) won the first set, 25-13, Marshall got progressively sharper and took the last two games, 25-21, 25-19...
Softball/Mexico 10, Marshall 0
(09/25/07) MEXICO -- Senior April Baker tossed a one-hit shutout Monday as Mexico handed the visiting Marshall softball team a 10-0, five-inning NCMC loss. The Lady Owls were hurt by walks and errors. Of the seven free passes, five resulted in runs. Marshall's four errors produced nine unearned tallies...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Chillicothe 0
(09/25/07) After Saturday's meat-grinder of the Smith-Cotton Tournament, in which it finished third, the Marshall volleyball team had a little easier time of it Monday with a 25-15, 25-15 non-conference win over Chillicothe in the Bird's Nest. Senior Cortni Ervin had nine kills, eight digs, six aces and a pair of blocks for the Lady Owls, who also got three spikes each from senior Rachel Hartley and junior Maddy Keller and three aces from junior Allison Thomas...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 9, Boonville 0
(09/25/07) BOONVILLE -- The Marshall girls' tennis team beat Boonville by a 9-0 score for the second time this season during Monday's non-conference road match. Seniors Kelsey Franklin and Courtney Henley and sophomores Virginia Hutcherson and Kara Ward posted 10-0 singles shutouts over the Lady Pirates (5-9). Senior Amy Durham notched a 10-3 win at No. 1 and senior Ali Brandt was a 10-5 victor at No. 5...
Girls' Golf/Lamberson medals in triangular-plus match
(09/25/07) SEDALIA -- Marshall sophomore Morgan Lamberson had the low score among 18 girls' golfers Thursday during a three-way match at Sedalia Country Club. Lamberson parred four times to cut her score on the course by five strokes from a year ago and senior Gretchen Roehrs improved eight strokes with a 52 as the Lady Owls (212 points) finished second between host Sacred Heart (201) and Nevada (214). Clinton and Crocker also had entries in the mini-meet...
Fulton spoils Owls' home opener
(09/24/07) The Marshall football team got a taste of its own medicine Friday. Fulton used its breakaway speed to score three touchdowns on its first five plays of the second half to come back from a six-point deficit and hand the Owls a 35-27 NCMC loss in their first home game of the season...
Lady Owls third at Sedalia tourney
(09/24/07) SEDALIA -- The Marshall volleyball team fought its way to third place for the second year in a row Saturday in the Smith-Cotton Tournament at Sedalia. Meanwhile, defending champion Santa Fe was unable to make it out of its pool, but it wasn't due to poor play...
Marshall boys take third at home meet
(09/24/07) Youth is being served on the Marshall cross country team. The Owls were again led on the course, if not spiritually, by freshmen Saturday during the Marshall Invitational. Katie Wells came in fourth as the girls finished fifth and the boys' third-place showing was paced by Damon Thompson in 10th place...
Owls win first home swim meet
(09/21/07) The more, the merrier, as far as the Marshall boys' swimming team was concerned Wednesday. Finding that Chillicothe wanted to join in what was originally scheduled as a dual with Missouri Military Academy of Mexico, the Owls handily beat them all -- winning eight of the 11 events and setting nine personal records -- during their first meet of the season at the Salt Fork YMCA pool...
Softball/Hannibal 12, Marshall 2
(09/21/07) A winless Hannibal softball team which had only scored 11 runs in six previous NCMC contests banged out 13 hits over six innings Thursday for a 12-2 victory at Marshall. The Lady Pirates (1-11, 1-6 NCMC) were clinging to a 1-0 lead until the top of the fourth inning, when they exploded for seven runs -- three coming in on sophomore Erin Winn's bases-loaded triple. Sophomore Kelsi Nichols made it hold up, scattering five hits and striking out eight batters...
Owls begin NCMC play at home
(09/21/07) The preliminaries are over. Now it's time for the Marshall football team to get down to the serious business of defending the NCMC title it shared a year ago, if not win it outright. For the next five weeks, the Owls will play league foes -- starting with today's first home game of the season against unbeaten Fulton, which opened its NCMC schedule by whipping Mexico, 41-7...
Lady Owls drop second road match in a row
(09/21/07) BOONVILLE -- Boonville snapped a four-match losing streak Thursday with a 26-24, 25-18 non-conference home win over the Marshall volleyball team. Junior Bethany Pfeiffer led the Lady Pirates (6-4) with nine kills, 19 digs and four blocks. Senior Cortni Ervin topped the Lady Owls with five kills, adding nine digs and three blocks. Seniors Paige Fifer and Kristen Thomas came up with 22 saves between them...
Boys' Soccer/Marshall 5, Mexico 0
(09/21/07) MEXICO -- The Marshall boys' soccer team unloaded 15 shots on goal Thursday during a 5-0 NCMC win at Mexico (4-7, 0-4 NCMC). The Owls took a 3-0 lead into halftime. No scoring details were available at press time. Marshall (4-6, 2-3) plays Tuesday at Warrensburg...
Lady Owls push Rock Bridge
(09/19/07) The Marshall girls' tennis team has traditionally had problems with Class 2 power Rock Bridge, having been shut out five of the last six years -- the Lady Bruins winning two state championships during the stretch. While Rock Bridge (8-2) broke the Lady Owls' 14-match win streak Tuesday, it didn't come easily -- winning two singles tiebreakers during a 6-3 victory...
Lady Owls take title at California
(09/19/07) CALIFORNIA -- It's been many years since the Marshall girls' golf team won a regular season tournament title, but it accomplished the feat Tuesday at the California Invitational. The Lady Owls shot an impressive 377 to beat Southern Boone by seven strokes in the seven-team field, which was comprised of Class 1 schools. Still, Marshall cut 40 strokes off its fourth-place performance of a year ago...
Boys' Soccer/Fulton 2, Marshall 1 (pk)
(09/19/07) FULTON -- Turnabout is fair play, but that didn't make it any easier to take for the Marshall boys' soccer team. The Owls had beaten NCMC rival Fulton 2-1 in their home match earlier this season, but the Hornets won by the same margin Tuesday -- only not without difficulty after two scoreless overtime periods set up a shoot-out...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Oak Grove 0
(09/19/07) Only time will tell whether the Marshall volleyball team will be able to defend its Class 3, District 13 Tournament championship, but its put itself in the best possible position for seeding. The Lady Owls notched their third win in as many meetings with a district foe Tuesday with a 25-18, 25-19 non-conference victory over visiting Oak Grove. ...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Oak Grove 0
(09/19/07) Only time will tell whether the Marshall volleyball team will be able to defend its Class 3, District 13 Tournament championship, but its put itself in the best possible position for seeding. The Lady Owls notched their third win in as many meetings with a district foe Tuesday with a 25-18, 25-19 non-conference victory over visiting Oak Grove. ...
Owl swimmers best Hannibal
(09/18/07) HANNIBAL -- The Marshall boys' swimming team won seven of 11 races Friday for an 89-78 victory at Hannibal, its only NCMC rival. The Owls took control early, with three straight wins to open the meet. The 200-yard medley relay (1:51.31) team of freshman Brock Musick, sophomore Khris Ward, junior Mason Weber and senior Chris Koehn beat the Pirates by 6.07 seconds...
Owls make gains at Smith-Cotton meet
(09/18/07) SEDALIA -- Eleven Marshall cross country runners set personal records Saturday during the Smith-Cotton Invitational at Sedalia. While the Lady Owls didn't enter a full team, all three contestants improved their times -- with freshman Katie Wells (20:38) and senior Lindie Arends (21:48) medalling, both for the third meet in a row. Wells placed fifth in a field of 26 runners and Arends lowered her time by four seconds while coming in 13th...
Girls' Golf/Lady Owls 146, Clinton 150
(09/18/07) Clinton brought only three players for the Marshall girls' golf team's second home dual match of the season Monday. The Lady Owls had the lower three-player score, 146 to 150, although junior Darcy Smith's four-over-par 40 was the medalist for the Lady Cardinals -- who were fifth in last year's MSHSAA Class 1 Championships...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 12, Mexico 0
(09/18/07) The Marshall girls' tennis team ripped through singles play by a combined 60-1 game score Monday during its 12-0 NCMC home victory over Mexico. Seniors Amy Durham, Kelsey Franklin and Ali Brandt -- as well as sophomores Virginia Hutcherson and Kara Ward -- whitewashed the Lady Bulldogs (1-7, 0-3 NCMC) by 10-0 margins. Senior Courtney Henley won by a 10-1 score...
Late rally puts Moberly on top
(09/18/07) The Marshall softball team's bid for its first-ever NCMC victory went by the wayside Monday when Moberly came from behind with five runs in the top of the seventh inning for a 9-5 road decision. Until then, freshman pitcher Chelsey Anderson had held the Lady Spartans in check, allowing only two hits and one earned run through six frames. The Lady Owls did have some problems giving up free bases, on eight walks and nine steals, during the contest...
No. 2 Platte County subdues Owls, 41-14
(09/17/07) PLATTE CITY -- Marshall demonstrated during the first two games that is has a talented football team. Talent, though, does not overcome inconsistent blocking, missed tackles and blown coverages -- as Platte County proved Friday with a 41-14 non-conference victory over the visiting Owls...
Softball/Mexico 18, Marshall 3
(09/17/07) An eight-run fourth inning by Mexico forestalled any chance for a comeback Saturday by the Marshall softball team, which dropped an 18-3 NCMC home contest. Senior Elizabeth Lierheimer's two-run double in the top of the first inning set the pace for the Lady Bulldogs. Senior April Baker and junior Kayla Winterbower each doubled in a run to make it 7-2 in the third, then Mexico (2-8, 2-5 NCMC) exploded in the fourth -- banging out six hits, the last a two-run triple by senior Kaitlin Fisher...
Volleyball/Hannibal 2, Marshall 1
(09/17/07) HANNIBAL -- For the first time since the NCMC switched to a home-and-home regular season schedule in 2004, the Marshall volleyball team has taken two conference losses. The latest was Saturday at Hannibal, which controlled the third set during a 25-23, 23-25, 25-15 victory. ...
Boys' Soccer/Owls fourth at Moberly meet
(09/17/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall boys' soccer team had a chance to bring home a trophy Saturday in the Spartan Invitational at Moberly, but dropped a pair of one-goal matches to finish fourth. Missouri Military Academy got an overtime goal from senior Eduardo Benites for a 3-2 decision in the semifinal round. Benites had also scored in the first half to put the Colonels (5-1-1) -- who would drop a 2-1 double-overtime decision to Moberly in the championship match -- ahead, 2-1...
Lady Owls claim home tourney title
(09/17/07) The Marshall girls' tennis team was on a roll Saturday. The Lady Owls didn't drop a set while winning three matches to defend their Marshall Tournament championship -- posting 9-0 victories over Boonville and Grain Valley in pool play and NCMC rival Kirksville in the finals...
Road-proven Owls head to No. 2 Platte County
(09/14/07) In the big scheme of prep football, today's Marshall game at Platte County won't count for much. However, for an early-season non-conference, non-district contest, "it should be a lot of fun," remarked Owls head coach Paul Thomas. The Pirates, ranked No. 2 in Class 3, have become a perennial power under veteran head coach Chip Sherman -- winning three straight state championships (2000-02) and consistently reaching the playoffs...
Softball/Fulton 14, Marshall 0
(09/14/07) FULTON -- Sophomore Paige Baysinger threw a three-hit shutout Thursday as defending NCMC co-champion downed the visiting Marshall softball team, 14-0 in five innings. After giving up three unearned runs on three errors in the first inning, the Lady Owls settled down defensively. However, they were unable to contain the Lady Hornets' bats -- which banged out 15 hits, eight during an eight-run third frame in which junior Kellyn Baysinger and senior Haley Wilfley stroked two-run doubles...
Boys' Soccer/Marshall 3, Canton 1
(09/14/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall boys' soccer team scored in the first minute and Canton never caught up during a 3-1 contest Thursday in the first round of the Spartan Invitational at Moberly. Senior Austin Lamparter stuck a shot into the corner of the net 34 seconds into the match and senior Tyler Smith converted following passes from senior Ricardo Lemus and junior Chris McCoy three minutes later...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Carrollton 0
(09/14/07) CARROLLTON -- Senior Sierra Cuda had three kills, three blocks and five aces to lead the Marshall volleyball team to a 26-24, 25-17 non-conference win Thursday at Carrollton (2-2). The Lady Owls scored more points from aces (12) than attacks (11), with senior Cortni Ervin and junior Maddy Keller each dropping in three serves. Ervin had five kills, seven digs and a pair of blocks...
MHS Round-up/Lady Owls shoot low to win home trimeet
(09/14/07) Three Marshall girls posted personal records Thursday during a home triangular meet against Sacred Heart and Green Ridge. Senior Gretchen Roehrs broke 50 for the first time with a 48 on Indian Foothills Golf Course. Senior Michelle Meyer's 53 was also a career-best, as was sophomore Kaleigh Summers' 56...
Lady Owls knock off Pembroke Hill
(09/13/07) KANSAS CITY -- Two of the most successful girls' tennis programs in Missouri squared off Wednesday in Kansas City, with Marshall posting an 8-1 victory over Pembroke Hill. The Raiders (2-5) have won seven state titles, including three in a row from 2003 and '05, but none of the starters from the last championship team remains on the squad. Still, it was an impressive win for the Lady Owls -- despite taking their first singles loss of the season...
Lady Owls survive slugfest
(09/12/07) In past years, the Marshall volleyball team has had little trouble disposing of Smith-Cotton. That certainly wasn't the case Tuesday as the Lady Owls went beyond the usual limit to take a 23-25, 29-27, 27-25 non-conference home win over their neighbors from Sedalia...
Golf/Naylor tourney set for Oct. 13
(09/12/07) The fifth annual Cecil Naylor Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Saturday., Oct. 13, at Indian Foothills Golf Course in Marshall. The three-person scramble is named in honor of the late Owls football coach, who passed away in 2002. Naylor, a charter member of the Missouri Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, compiled a 234-99-14 record during 35 years on the sidelines before retiring at the end of the 1994 season...
Boys' Soccer/Smith-Cotton 2, Marshall 0
(09/12/07) The Marshall boys' soccer team had its chances, but couldn't break through Tuesday during a 2-0 non-conference home loss to Smith-Cotton. The Tigers (3-4) used a free kick by senior Sam Braverman to take the lead nine minutes into the contest, but didn't get an insurance goal until senior Isai Ramirez converted a feed from sophomore Alex Lang with eight minutes remaining in the match...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 12, Hannibal 0
(09/11/07) COLUMBIA -- The Marshall girls' tennis team extended its string of singles wins to 52 without a loss this season Monday during a 12-0 NCMC victory over Hannibal at Columbia. The Lady Owls' top six players all rolled over the competition, including three 10-0 shutouts in the Nos. 1-3 doubles matches -- teaming seniors Amy Durham and Courtney Henley, senior Kelsey Franklin and sophomore Kara Ward, and senior Ali Brandt and sophomore Virginia Hutcherson...
Lady Owls break 400 at Smith-Cotton Classic
(09/11/07) SEDALIA -- The Marshall girls' golf team scored under 400 points for the first time in five years Monday at the Smith-Cotton Classic. Although only one of the three Lady Owls who played in the meet last year lowered her score on the Sedalia Country Club course, the team tally of 395 was the Birds' best in this -- or any other -- meet since shooting 389 in 2002...
Owls fourth at O'Hara Invitational
(09/11/07) RAYTOWN -- Ten of the 21 entries by the Marshall boys' swim team Saturday in the O'Hara Invitational at Raytown set new personal records. The Owls, 10th a year ago, finished fourth in the 13-team field with 162 points -- putting them ahead of several larger, longer-established programs. Kearney defended its title with 246 points...
Lady Owls win two medals at UCM
(09/11/07) WARRENSBURG -- Marshall freshman Katie Wells is showing she is no fish out of water when racing on dry land. An accomplished junior swimmer, Wells has won medals in her first two cross country meets -- including Friday's Mule Run at the University of Central Missouri. ...
Owls end slump against Warrensburg
(09/10/07) WARRENSBURG -- Marshall football players had been hearing all week about how poorly their team had fared against Warrensburg in recent years, and were determined to do something about it. "A lot of people didn't believe in us," one said following the Owls' gritty 28-14 victory over a nemesis which had beaten them the last four meetings, the last two being sound thrashings...
Boys' Soccer/Kirksville 4, Marshall 2
(09/10/07) KIRKSVILLE -- Senior Weston Newell scored a pair of second-half goals for defending NCMC champion Kirksville during a 4-2 decision Saturday over the visiting Marshall boys' soccer team. All four of the Tigers' goals were on free kicks, Newell's first coming five minutes after his team allowed an "own" goal to fall behind. ...
Volleyball/Lady Owls 2-2 at Chrisman tourney
(09/10/07) INDEPENDENCE -- After winning its first two matches, the Marshall volleyball team dropped its last two Saturday at the William Chrisman Tournament in Independence. Senior Cortni Ervin registered 12 kills and junior Maddy Keller had five of the Lady Owls' 13 aces to begin pool play with a 21-2, 21-13 rout of Grandview. ...
Softball/Marshall 10, Slater 0
(09/10/07) SLATER -- Freshman Chelsey Anderson pitched her first career shutout Saturday, allowing only two hits and striking out nine during the Marshall softball team's 10-0 victory at Slater -- making up the washed out season opener. Junior Jessica Harriman's two-run single in the top of the first inning gave the Lady Owls the lead, with another RBI single capping a three-run second by driving in freshman Kelsey Griffin after she had tripled in a pair of runs...
Girls' Tennis/Lady Owls sweep Trenton Quad
(09/10/07) TRENTON -- Senior Courtney Henley returned to the line-up Saturday for the Marshall girls' tennis team, claiming three singles victories as the Lady Owls swept the field. Henley shook off a little rust, after missing three matches to injury, during her 8-6 win to help Marshall down Chillicothe, 8-1. She rolled through her next two No. 3 contests by 8-1 margins as the Lady Owls blanked both Trenton and Savannah, 9-0...
Owls seek to end Warrensburg's domination
(09/07/07) Despite watching Warrensburg lose to seventh-ranked Helias, 34-20, in Saturday's season opener, Marshall head football coach Paul Thomas was impressed with the Tigers. "They're big, fast, strong," Thomas declared. Thomas is probably preconditioned to think highly of Warrensburg, even though they dumped his friend, Shane Taylor, as head coach at the beginning of the '06 season. ...
Softball/Kirksville 6, Marshall 0
(09/07/07) KIRKSVILLE -- A solid sign of improvement was demonstrated Thursday by the Marshall softball team. The Lady Owls dropped a 6-0 decision at defending NCMC champion Kirksville, which no-hit them in the 16-0 season opener. The Lady Tigers (8-1, 5-0 NCMC) did most of their damage in the four-run third inning, when they banged out five hits -- including senior Jessica Finding's two-run triple...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Mexico 0
(09/07/07) A strong defensive effort let the Marshall volleyball team to secure its first NCMC win of the season Thursday, downing visiting Mexico (1-1, 0-1 NCMC), 25-10, 25-18. Junior Maddy Keller had 14 digs and seniors Paige Fifer and Symone Campbell combined for 21 to pace the Lady Owls. Senior Cortni Ervin had her typical solid all-around match with six kills, seven digs and six assists and senior Sierra Cuda contributed three spikes and three blocks...
Girls' Golf/Helias 161, Marshall 207
(09/07/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall girls' golf team ran into a juggernaut Thursday. A week earlier, Helias had tied a school record with a nine-hole team score of 162. The Lady Crusaders broke that Thursday with a 161-207 victory over the Lady Owls. Helias (8-0) returned three senior starters from a club which was fifth in the 2006 MSHSAA Class 2 Championships. ...
Owls sixth in first meet of 2007
(09/07/07) LIBERTY -- The Marshall boys' cross country team finished sixth out of 14 teams Saturday in the St. Mary's Invitational at Liberty. The Owls were in the same spot a year ago, but cut their team score six points and were only 12 points out of third place. ...
Softball/Moberly 10, Marshall 0
(09/06/07) MOBERLY -- Freshman Jasmine Godwin fired a two-hit shutout Wednesday as Moberly downed the visiting Marshall softball team, 10-0, in a six-inning NCMC contest. The Lady Spartans (4-3, 2-1 NCMC) got all the scoring they needed with three unearned runs in the second inning...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 7, Helias 0
(09/06/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- By the time a steady sprinkle made the courts too wet to play upon Wednesday, the Marshall girls' tennis team already had its dual match at Helias well in hand. The Lady Owls swept the three doubles tilts which began their 7-0 victory, getting a big lift when the No. ...
Girls' Golf/Lady Owls handle difficult Shirkey course
(09/06/07) RICHMOND -- The Marshall girls' golf team showed across-the-board improvement from a year ago during its ninth-place finish Wednesday in the prestigious Richmond Invitational. The Lady Owls shot 407, cutting 49 strokes off their score of a year ago -- when they were 17th out of 20 teams -- with four of their five entries back. Marshall was also competitive with the pack, only 19 points behind fourth-place Lee's Summit North -- which was more than that margin away from third place...
Lady Owls blanked at Carrollton quad
(09/05/07) CARROLLTON -- The Marshall softball team got good pitching, weak hitting and suspect defense Saturday while dropping three games to strong opponents at the round-robin Carrollton Tournament. Even the Lady Owls' 12-0, five-inning loss to Higginsville in the opener wasn't exactly a blowout. Although Marshall couldn't get much going against junior pitcher Lynna Kays, the Lady Huskers didn't take command until their final trip to the plate...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 11, Moberly 1
(09/05/07) MOBERLY -- The Marshall girls' tennis team opened its NCMC campaign Tuesday with an 11-1 victory at Moberly. The Lady Owls swept singles play behind seniors Amy Durham (10-2), Kelsey Franklin (10-0) and Ali Brandt (10-3), sophomores Virginia Hutcherson (10-2) and Kara Ward (10-3), and junior Kim Van (10-5)...
Volleyball/Marshall 2, Grain Valley 0
(09/05/07) The Marshall volleyball team bounced back from its NCMC loss last week to smash non-conference foe Grain Valley (0-2) by a 25-15, 25-16 margin Tuesday at home. A week after opening the season, the Lady Owls defeated another Class 3, District 13 member behind nine kills and nine assists from senior Cortni Ervin. Senior Sierra Cuda knocked down six shots, with the rest of the attack spread around to five other players...
Owls pick up road win in '07 debut
(09/04/07) KANSAS CITY -- It's fine for Anthony Thompson to enjoy being called "Reggie," especially when he plays like Reggie Bush. Thompson switched from the No. 4 jersey he had worn during his two all-state seasons to 25 for his senior year in tribute to the New Orleans Saints' superstar multi-threat back. "Reggie" Thompson's three touchdowns and 233 all-purpose yards led Marshall to a 35-14 victory Friday to open the season at Lincoln Prep in Kansas City...
Owls pick up seven medals at Blue Springs
(09/04/07) BLUE SPRINGS -- Times continued to drop for the Marshall boys' swimming team Thursday during the Blue Springs Relays, with 15 personal records set. The Owls came away with seven medals in the 12-team meet, which mixed true relays with combined times on individual events...
Marshall opens season in city
(08/31/07) The 2007 season hasn't even begun, and already the Marshall football team is scrambling. It's not anything severe which is troubling Owls head coach Paul Thomas, but between two and four offensive linemen may not be available for the season opener today against defending Interscholastic League champion Lincoln Prep in Kansas City. This could test the unit's depth quite early...
Volleyball/Fulton 2, Marshall 0
(08/31/07) FULTON -- The Marshall volleyball team lost only its second NCMC match in four years Thursday at Fulton, 25-16, 27-25. It was the first win by the Lady Hornets (3-0, 1-0 NCMC) over MHS since the league began playing home-and-home schedules in 2004. The Lady Owls were held to only 15 kills, 11 split between seniors Cortni Ervin and Sierra Cuda...
Softball/South Callaway 5, Marshall 0
(08/31/07) MOKANE -- Sophomore Rachel McCarthy fired a no-hitter and strokes a pair of RBI doubles Thursday as South Callaway handed the visiting Marshall softball team a 5-0 non-conference loss. McCarthy's first hit keyed a three-run first inning for the Lady Bulldogs (4-2), who added runs in the second and fifth frames. McCarthy struck out nine and issued no walks...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 9, Chillicothe 0
(08/31/07) CHILLICOTHE -- The visiting Marshall girls' tennis team handed a young, but impressive, Chillicothe club its first loss of the season Thursday, 9-0. The Lady Owls got 8-2 singles wins from senior Amy Durham, sophomore Virginia Hutcherson and junior Kim Van -- moved up into the line-up due to an illness to senior No. 3 Courtney Henley. Van had beaten Smith-Cotton's No. 1 on Monday in her first varsity singles start...
Girls' Golf/Chillicothe 189, Marshall 198
(08/31/07) CHILLICOTHE -- The Marshall girls' golf team bounced back from a disappointing dual match opener two days earlier to break 200 during a 189-198 loss Thursday at Chillicothe. The Lady Owls' were only four strokes off of their best score last year, which came late in the season at home against Hickman. Sophomore Morgan Lamberson was back in form, shooting a four-over-par 40 -- five strokes lower than the best of the Lady Hornets (2-1)...
Boys' Soccer/Marshall 2, Fulton 1
(08/31/07) The Marshall boys' soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals and held on the rest of the way to win its home opener against Fulton, 2-1. It was the first win by the Owls over its NCMC rival in three years, ending a string of eight straight losses. Marshall broke through six minutes into the match when second Ricardo Lemus fed junior Chris McCoy for a shot into the upper right corner. Six minutes later, Lemus drilled a free kick in from outside the penalty box...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Cross Country/Owls' prospects improve with youth
(08/31/07) It could be a very happy 20th anniversary for Marshall head cross country coach Ted Denton. The veteran running guru has a strong group of underclassmen which may allow the boys to compete for the NCMC title and possibly return to the MSHSAA Class 3 Championships -- which they did three years in a row in 2003-05, placing third twice -- and an influx of freshmen girls who could soon make the Lady Owls a factor in the conference and district...
Owls sparkle in Blue Springs water
(08/30/07) BLUE SPRINGS -- Good things were being expected during the third year of the Marshall boys' swimming program. The Owls certainly didn't disappoint anyone with their debut performance Tuesday, winning five of 11 events and setting nine personal records during a double-dual meet at Blue Springs South...
MHS Round-up/Owls debut with 5-0 shutout
(08/29/07) SMITHTON -- It was almost like old times Tuesday for Marshall head boys' soccer coach Derek Lark. Lark's last team, in 2002, scored 115 goals on its way to the first of back-to-back appearances in the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships. The current group kicked off the '07 season in fine style by dominating Smithton, 5-0...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Volleyball/Lady Owls seek return to playoffs
(08/28/07) It's been a step by step development for the Marshall volleyball program over the last few years, each one inspiring more confidence. After winning the final NCMC Tournament before the departure of Helias and Rock Bridge in 2003, the Lady Owls have claimed three straight league titles in the home-and-home schedule -- sweeping all six matches, taking 12 of 13 games, last season...
Softball/Marshall 9, Knob Noster 6
(08/28/07) The Marshall softball team scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning Monday to break a 3-3 tie and end a 17-game losing streak with a 9-6 non-conference home win over Knob Noster. The Lady Owls struck first with a two-run single by freshman Chelsey Anderson in the bottom of the first inning, but the visitors tied the score in the second when two batters Anderson plunked back-to-back with one out came in on freshman Victoria Jackson's single and a bases-loaded walk...
Girls' Golf/Marshall seventh at JC meet
(08/28/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- The unique format of the Lady Crusader Classic didn't seem to bother the Marshall girls' golf team much, the Lady Owls placing seventh in the 12-team event Monday at Jefferson City's Meadow Lake Acres Country Club. Sophomore Morgan Lamberson, fresh off of her win in the Warrensburg Invitational last week, shot a 10-over-par 82 to finish second to all-state Helias senior Stephanie Bruemmer by three shots in traditional stroke play. ...
Girls' Tennis/Marshall 9, Smith-Cotton 0
(08/28/07) SEDALIA -- While the singles starters took the day off, the Marshall girls' tennis team's reserves posted a 9-0 shutout Monday at Smith-Cotton. The Lady Tigers (1-3) had broken a two-year winless drought by beating Knob Noster to open the season last week, but had few close matches against Marshall. ...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Boys' Soccer
(08/27/07) Derek Lark would like to see a return to the glory days of Marshall boys' soccer, and thinks he may have a team which can come closer to that level of excellence since the Owl's last playoff appearance four years ago. Marshall has had four head coaches since then, including Lark during an interim stint, but have yet to regain the form displayed during back-to-back fourt places in the MSHSAA Class 2 Championships. ...
Owls shaky in exhibition tilt
(08/27/07) CAMERON -- New Marshall athletic director Scott Latham faced a challenge during the first week of the sports season: find a football field ... fast. With rains soaking Cecil Naylor Field, Latham could either cancel Friday's pre-season Jamboree in order to save the grass turf from damage or find an alternate site. By lunch, he had it done, thanks to the folks at Cameron -- who were willing to allow the four-team scrimmage on its synthetic surface after the Dragons were done with theirs...
Lady Owls off to smooth start
(08/24/07) The Marshall girls' tennis team opened the season Thursday with a 9-0 home win over Higginsville at Indian Foothills Park, a temporary venue while the MHS courts are being resurfaced. The Lady Owls had few difficulties sweeping the singles matches, although were given a little harder time in doubles play. ...
Lady Owls off to smooth start
(08/24/07) The Marshall girls' tennis team opened the season Thursday with a 9-0 home win over Higginsville at Indian Foothills Park, a temporary venue while the MHS courts are being resurfaced. The Lady Owls had few difficulties sweeping the singles matches, although were given a little harder time in doubles play. ...
Softball/Rock Bridge 14, Marshall 1
(08/24/07) Rock Bridge didn't exactly pound the Marshall softball team during its 14-1 non-conference win Thursday in the Lyon Bowl, but rather bled the Lady Owls to death. Most of Marshall's wounds were self-inflicted, the result of 10 errors for nine unearned runs. Two of those boots occurred in the top of the first inning, giving the Lady Bruins' their first run...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Girls' Tennis/Lady Owls' seasoned seniors aim for elusive state trophy
(08/22/07) The venerable Marshall girls' tennis program has had many outstanding teams down through the years, and the 2007 edition should maintain that tradition. The Lady Owls return five of its six singles starters and 10 lettermen in all from a squad which ripped through the previous season with a 15-2 record -- the only losses to Class 2 powerhouse Rock Bridge and Visitation Academy of St. Louis in the Class 1 sectional -- and claimed the NCMC and District 4 Tournament titles...
Lamberson opens with tourney title
(08/22/07) WARRENSBURG -- During Tuesday's season-opening meet, Marshall sophomore Morgan Lamberson served notice on Class 2 district foes that she is going to be a major factor on the circuit. Lamberson became the Lady Owls' first major tournament winner in recent memory by taking first place in the 12-team Warrensburg Invitational. ...
Softball/Kirksville 16, Marshall 0
(08/22/07) The Marshall softball team was probably hoping to ease into its second season, but Monday's game at Slater was rained out. Instead, the Lady Owls were forced to open Tuesday against defending NCMC co-champion Kirksville, third at last year's MSHSAA Class 3 Championships, with a 16-0, five-inning loss to show for their efforts. Sophomore Jackie Bishop struck out eight batters in four innings and combined with freshman Alyssa Laudwig on a perfect game for the Lady Tigers...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Girls' Golf/Lamberson leads veteran group
(08/21/07) Morgan Lamberson's freshman campaign was bound to inspire hyperbole. "For her age, she's a fantastic player," declared Marshall girls' golf coach John Weaver, now entering his fifth season in charge. "She has played so much serious competition against some of the bigger schools we see at these tournaments," Weaver noted. "She found she could compete and have success, which gives her a tremendous boost in self-confidence."...
Fall '07 Prep Preview ... MHS Softball/Lady Owls aim for growth in Year 2
(08/20/07) The inaugural season for the Marshall softball program was an eye-opener for its young players. From a competitive standpoint, it didn't go too well. The Lady Owls slipped past Slater in their opener, then didn't win again -- posting a 1-15 overall record, including 0-10 in an NCMC schedule which saw then out-scored 172-1...
Lady Owls to start net practice
(07/24/07) The four-time defending NCMC champion Marshall volleyball team will begin practice Monday, August 6, in the MHS gym. The first session will last from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Student-athletes entering the ninth through 12th grades must have physical/insurance and parental release forms, which are available in the activities office, to practice...
Manta Rays win 18 races at Eldon meet
(06/25/07) ELDON -- It wasn't a large group which the Salt Fork YMCA Swim Club took to Eldon for a Mid-Missouri Conference quadrangular meet Thursday, but there was quality in the bench. As a result, the Manta Rays won eight of the 11 races they entered on the boys' side, half of the 16 girls' contests and a pair of mixed relays...
Lady Owls hard at work
(06/21/07) New Marshall head girls' basketball coach Tom Hayob is getting right to work preparing his team for the 2008 campaign. The Lady Owls took part in the University of Central Team Camp at Warrensburg earlier this month, posting a 5-7 record against some strong competition. ...
Lady Owls net camp next week
(06/19/07) The Marshall High School volleyball camp will take place June 26-29 from 6 to 9 p.m. each day in the MHS gym. The camp is for players entering grades nine through 12 and admission is free. A camp form, available at the MHS Activities Office, must be completed with a guardian's signature prior to participation... 
Lamberson wins silver at state juniors meet
(06/12/07)COLUMBIA -- Marshall sophomore Morgan Lamberson placed second in her age group last week at the Missouri Women's Golf Association Junior Girls' Championship in Columbia. After shooting an 87 her first round, Lamberson (above) posted an 81 the second day on the 5,685-yard, par-70 A.L. Gustin Golf Course for a total of 168 -- five strokes behind Savannah sophomore Katie Gallagher, 11th at last year's MSHSAA Class 1 Championships, for the top spot in the 14- and 15-year-old class...
Marshall Atomics off to solid start
(06/12/07) The prospects for improvement in the young Marshall High School softball program are being enhanced by a summer's worth of activity. The Marshall Parks and Recreation Department and Optimist Club are co-sponsoring a pair of fast-pitch softball teams, one at the 18-and-under level which will hopefully produce immediate dividends and a 14-and-under group to build for the future...
Marshall Seniors sweep twinbill
(06/05/07) The Marshall Senior Babe Ruth baseball team won games on both the varsity and junior varsity levels Monday at Osage Field against two clubs from the Boonville League. The upper-level Marshall squad claimed a 4-2 decision over Alliant Bank in its season opener. The JV group whipped UMB Bank, 14-3 in five innings, to close the evening...
Lady Owls pick up two state medals
(05/29/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- It was a long-awaited moment for Marshall's Madison Marie "Maddy" Marshman. Finally the senior could peer out from the podium to the crowd at Jefferson City's Dwight T. Reed Stadium, with a medal from the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships around her neck...
Owls two and out at state
(05/29/07) SPRINGFIELD -- Marshall senior Jake Schulenberg will have to be happy with one state medal. Schulenberg and his partner, senior Hunter Lewis, dropped a pair of tough matches Friday at the MSHSAA Class 1 Boys' Tennis Individual Championships at Springfield. Both contests went three sets, the Owls winning the first one in each match...
2007 MSHSAA Class 3 Track & Field Championships
(05/25/07) Marshall Qualifiers Friday, May 25 at Jefferson City Field Events Running Events Saturday, May 26 at Jefferson City Field Events...
MVC, MHS swap administrators
(05/24/07) Taking over new Marshall athletic director Scott Latham's job at Missouri Valley College will be the man he succeeded. Tom Sandwith has been hired as Assistant to the Athletic Director and Sports Information Director at Valley, from where he graduated in 1977. Sandwith, who will take over July 9, is a former football and baseball player at the school and was inducted into the Viking Hall of Fame in 2005. He has worked in the Marshall School District the past 28 years...
Marshall netters knocked out at sectional
(05/21/07) ST. LOUIS -- The Marshall boys' tennis team's playoff run ended the same way it has the past four years, with a loss in the first round of the Class 1, Section 2 Tournament at St. Louis. For the third year in a row, St. Louis Priory doomed the Owls during Saturday's tilt -- repeating its 5-0 victory of 2005 after being pushed to a 5-3 decision by last year's senior-led squad...
Five Owls going to state
(05/21/07) ST. LOUIS -- Madison Marshman got the race to play into her hands. The Marshall senior completed the trifecta of NCMC, district and sectional titles by winning the 3,200-meter run Saturday during the MSHSAA Class 3, Section 2 Track and Field Championships at St. Louis...
Some MHS programs changing hands
(05/17/07) If "a change will do you good," as Sheryl Crow asserts, then good times may be ahead for the Marshall High School athletic department. There are changes galore among the head coaching ranks, including boys' basketball and baseball for the second time in three years with the departure of Mike Baker...
Marshman bound for Northwest Missouri State
(05/16/07) From Day One as a freshman, Madison Marshman has been the pre-eminent distance runner in the Marshall girls' cross country and track programs. Now she'll see what she can accomplish in college, having signed with NCAA Division II member Northwest Missouri State University at Maryville -- which could use a spark, having finished eighth in the MIAA in cross country and seventh in track...
Lamberson slips at state
(05/16/07) SPRINGFIELD -- After a comfortably mild opening day, the weather at the MSHSAA Class 3 Boys' Golf Championships turned sour -- as did the game of Marshall senior Connor Lamberson. Lamberson was in the medal chase, tied for 20th place, after shooting a four-over-par 75 Monday at Deer Lake Golf Course. ...
MHS Round-up/Owls advance to tennis sectional
(05/15/07) The Marshall boys' tennis team made quick work of visiting Moberly during Monday's MSHSAA Class 1 Team District on its home court. The Owls didn't drop a set in claiming a 5-0 decision to move on to the sectional round for the fifth year in a row. The best-of-nine tilt didn't require any doubles play, Marshall getting victories from seniors Jake Schulenberg (6-2, 6-1), Morgan Evans (6-1, 6-3) and Jordan Adams (6-0, 6-0), junior Taylor Scarff (6-4, 6-3) and sophomore MacMillan Evans (6-4, 6-3)...
Owls win third straight district crown
(05/14/07) A third straight Class 1, District 4 Tournament championship was no sure thing for the Marshall boys' tennis team heading into Saturday's meet on its home courts. Although the Owls got off to a rough start, by the time the event wound down it was apparent that they would grab the title with room to spare and reach the MSHSAA playoffs for the fifth year in a row...
Marshall sending 11 to sectionals
(05/14/07) MEXICO -- Cortni and Linzi and Maddy, oh my! Marshall's terrific trio of girls' track and field athletes were up to their usual standards Saturday during the Class 3, District 4 Championships at Mexico. The NCMC's best in their signature events took gold medals and moved on to the next stage in hopes of returning to the state meet...
Owls' season comes to end in district debut
(05/14/07) BOONVILLE -- The Marshall baseball team's attempt to defend its Class 3, District 13 Tournament championship ended as soon as it started Saturday. The Owls' 5-1 loss to host Boonville in the first round was "typical of our year," noted out-going head coach Mike Baker: a solid performance by sophomore pitcher Cory McComas unsupported by either the gloves or bats...
Soccer/Fulton 4, Marshall 0
(05/11/07) FULTON -- The Marshall girls' soccer team closed out the regular season Thursday with a 4-0 NCMC loss at Fulton. The Lady Hornets controlled the match, allowing no shots on goal -- where they held a 12-0 advantage -- or corner kicks. Senior Jessica Martin scored three goals in the first 23 minutes of the contest and junior Ashley Russell added one during the second half...
Owls snap slide in home finale
(05/10/07) The Marshall baseball team may not have been able to escape from the NCMC dungeon, but it made a statement that it didn't belong there Wednesday. The Owls put together a three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning for a 4-2 victory over Moberly, ending their 10-game losing streak in the final home game of the season -- while also forcing the Spartans to accept a tie with Kirksville for the conference crown...
Lady Owls drop home finale
(05/10/07) When play has been momentarily stopped, opponents have proven more dangerous to the Marshall girls' soccer team. The Lady Owls were the victims of three different types of set plays Wednesday as they ended regular season play with a 3-1 non-conference home loss to Clinton...
Owls miscues continue slide
(05/09/07) When the season began, Marshall head baseball coach Mike Baker was concerned mostly with replacing all-NCMC pitchers Paul Wayne Thomas and Chad Gibson from the Owls' playoff team. As the campaign has progressed, though, its been the other main elements of the game -- hitting and defense -- which have held Marshall back, as was the case Tuesday during a 9-4 non-conference home loss to Odessa...
Owls drop pair to Hannibal
(05/07/07) There's not much to fault about the Marshall baseball team's doubleheader loss to NCMC rival Hannibal on Saturday. They came, they saw and they were conquered -- but not without a competitive battle. The Pirates took advantage of being the home team, since this was a make-up for the postponed March 31 date at Hannibal, and eked out a 4-3 decision in the bottom of the 10th inning of the opener. The Owls were then handed their eighth straight loss in the nightcap, 8-3...
Owls nipped by Kirksville for NCMC tennis crown
(05/07/07) Going into Saturday's NCMC Tournament at Marshall, Owls head boys' tennis coach Susan Carney knew that securing a third straight championship was going to be a daunting challenge. "After we played Kirksville the other day, I felt like they were the favorite," she admitted. "They had done well with everybody this year."...
Lady Owls lose on 'golden goal'
(05/07/07) KIRKSVILLE -- The first time the Marshall girls' soccer team met Kirksville, it was able to stop the opposing offense and salvage a scoreless tie. The clubs went into overtime again Saturday, but the host Tigers were able to snap the deadlock in the extra period to take a 2-1 NCMC home win...
Owls third in NCMC meet
(05/04/07) HANNIBAL -- Senior Nick Fowler recovered from his disappointment of earlier in the week to claim his fourth all-conference medal and lead the Marshall boys' golf team to third place Thursday in the NCMC Tournament at Hannibal. Fowler had missed the cut for state qualifying Monday during the Class 3, District 8 Tournament at Liberty, but responded with a strong 79 at Norwoods Golf Club -- tying him for fourth place with Hannibal senior Brice Scott...
Girls Soccer/Moberly 4, Marshall 0
(05/03/07) MOBERLY -- Moberly didn't let a soggy field slow down its attack on the Marshall girls' soccer team Wednesday, handing the Lady Owls their 11th shutout in 16 matches during a 4-0 NCMC home win. Sophomore Bailye Stansberry and junior Leslie Grothoff scored within the first 12 minutes of the contest, with sophomore Kennedy Seifert and senior Brooksy Halterman tacking on second-half goals. The Lady Spartans (11-8-1, 6-3 NCMC) out-shot Marshall, 11-0...
Owls escape with NCMC streak alive
(05/02/07) The Marshall boys' tennis team was in danger Tuesday of losing its first NCMC match since the league split up and began playing a round-robin schedule in 2005. Kirksville had won four of six singles matches, but the host Owls rallied with a sweep of the double-back contests and one more doubles tilt -- the critical one being at No. 1, the designated tiebreaker -- to take a 7-6 decision...
Late Valley charge falls short
(05/01/07) After dropping back-to-back doubleheaders to Lindenwood and Benedictine last week, the Missouri Valley College baseball team needed five straight wins to catch up to the Lions for first place in the Heart of America Conference East Division standings...
Prep Round-up/Kirksville 12, Marshall 2
(05/01/07) KIRKSVILLE -- Sophomore Cody King tossed a three-hitter at the visiting Marshall baseball team Monday as Kirksville swept the NCMC season series with a 12-2, six-inning victory. A two-run single by sophomore Michael Shoush, followed by hits from sophomores Joe Williams and Travis Mundahl which plated runs, gave the Tigers (11-8, 7-1 NCMC) a 6-0 lead in the second inning. Junior Aaron Yelton's singled knocked in two more runs in the third and Williams and Mundahl singled and scored in the sixth...
Prep Round-up/Owls netters end four-match skid
(05/01/07) WARRENSBURG -- The Marshall boys' tennis team ended a four-match losing streak against large mid-Missouri schools Monday with a 9-0 non-conference shutout at Warrensburg. Much like the Owls, the Tigers (3-4) began the season with new starters in the top three singles spots -- but haven't fared as well. Seniors Jake Schulenberg (6-2, 6-2) and Hunter Lewis (6-1, 6-2), along with junior Taylor Scarff (6-2, 7-5), swept those contests... 
Vikings take second in HAAC tourney
(04/30/07)The vagaries of the links were played out during the second and final day of the Heart of America Conference Men's Golf Tournament at Marshall. This was especially true for the host team, with two of the three Missouri Valley College players who were in the top 10 after the first round dropping out of the medal chase. The other three Vikings, though, knocked at least six strokes off their scores Friday to keep the team in second place...
Owls struggle at Shirkey
(04/30/07) RICHMOND -- The Marshall boys' golf team is hoping the Richmond Tournament is not a harbinger of things to come. The Owls struggled Friday on Shirkey Golf Course, considered the toughest public links in Missouri, with none of the three players who competed there a year ago equaling their previous scores. Marshall finished 18th in the 22-team field at 364, 31 strokes off last year's pace...
Helias blanks Lady Owls
(04/30/07) JEFFERSON CITY -- The Marshall girls' soccer team held Helias' offense down, but couldn't generate much of its own Friday during a 2-0 non-conference loss at Jefferson City. The Lady Crusaders (10-5) got on the board with two minutes remaining in the first half, when junior Caty Newbold lifted a shot over the head of junior goalkeeper Xochitl Ruiz from the edge of the penalty box. ... 
Lady Vikings third at HAAC tourney
(04/30/07)SPRINGFIELD -- A pair of one-run, home-team advantage losses to Central Methodist prevented the Missouri Valley College softball club from a chance at the Heart of America Conference Tournament championship over the weekend at Springfield. On the other hand, three wins between those setbacks allowed the Lady Vikings to finish third and may have assured them a spot in the NAIA Region V Tournament, which begins next week... |
